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humoristic, a.|hjuːməˈrɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
1. Belonging to, characteristic of, or of the nature of a humorist: see prec. 2. (Sometimes loosely = humorous 4; F. humoristique, Ger. humoristik.)
1818Coleridge in Rem. (1836) I. 147 By right of humoristic universality each part [in Rabelais and Sterne] is essentially a whole in itself. 1847Lowell Lett. I. 131 Dickens seems to me..to be rather a sketcher of humoristic characters..than himself a humorist. 1878Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. i. Carlyle 195 The universal tone of humouristic cynicism.
b. as n. (pl.) Humorous writings. (nonce-use.)
1886Tupper My Life as A. 30 Of..schoolboy literaria..let me save here..one or two of my trivial humoristics.
2. = humoralistic: cf. prec. 4. |