Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. Bill Cosby
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. William James
If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. Mahatma Gandhi
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. Virginia Woolf
humor in Dutch is humeur, humor, gemoedsgesteldheid
humor in French is humour, humeur
humor in German is Humor
humor in Italian is umorismo
humor in Spanish is humor
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