humoristicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌhjuːməˈrɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhjuməˈrɪstɪk/

Forms: see humorist n. and -ic suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humorist n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < humorist n. + -ic suffix. Compare French humoristique (1801 in an isolated attestation, and subsequently from 1853, in sense A. 1, 1847 in sense ‘of or relating to bodily humours’), Italian umoristico (1830 in sense A. 1), German humoristisch (1536 in sense ‘of or relating to bodily humours’, second half of the 18th cent. in sense A. 1). With the use as noun compare German Humoristikum humorist piece of writing (1843 as †Humoristicum).

A. adj.

1. Relating to or characteristic of a humorist (humorist n. 4); = humorous adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting

bourdfula1425

pleasant1530

facete1600

joculary1605

merrya1616

jocundary1618

lepidc1619

droll1623

humorousa1652

drollerical1656

humoursome1656

drollish1674

ludicrous1687

humorific1819

jestful1831

humoristica1834

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > characteristic of a humorist

joculatory1623

humoristica1834

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 147 By right of humoristic universality each part [in Rabelais and Sterne] is essentially a whole in itself.

1847 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 131 Dickens seems to me..to be rather a sketcher of humoristic characters..than himself a humorist.

1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 195 The universal tone of humouristic cynicism.

1929 H. Read Sense of Glory 149 Any dissatisfaction with the digressive spirit of Sterne's works arises from a misunderstanding of the methods proper to humoristic writing.

1965 J. Jónsson Humour & Irony in New Test. vi. 90 It was a common homiletic method in their circles to include comical and humoristic examples.

2004 L. Milne Refl. Laughter 129 Illustrated humoristic propaganda became increasingly important throughout the twenties.

2. Relating to or characteristic of a humoralist or humoralism; = humoralistic adj. Cf. humorist n. 1. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [adjective]

admitting1832

humoristic1852

doctoral1883

physicianary1932

1852 Chemist 3 441/2 After having, in his book, On the errors of the Humoristic School..dealt vigorous blows to the doctrine of Galen, and thoroughly undermined the Arab theories of medicine, Van Helmont strove to substitute for them a physiological system.

1859 New Amer. Cycl. V. 130/1 Anatomy is neglected; the pathology is humoristic.

1993 P. W. Ewald Evol. Infectious Dis. (1994) x. 186 The humoristic advocates blamed the liquid parts.

B. n.

In plural. Humorous writings. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > comic or humorous

comedy1523

merriment1697

comicality1728

humoristics1886

1886 M. F. Tupper My Life as Author 30 Of..schoolboy literaria..let me save here..one or two of my trivial humoristics.

1922 Typographical Jrnl. 61 474/1 He used to compose his humoristics on the linotype and present them to me in faultless form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	humoristic
释义	humoristicadj.n. Brit. /ˌhjuːməˈrɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌhjuməˈrɪstɪk/ Forms: see humorist n. and -ic suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humorist n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < humorist n. + -ic suffix. Compare French humoristique (1801 in an isolated attestation, and subsequently from 1853, in sense A. 1, 1847 in sense ‘of or relating to bodily humours’), Italian umoristico (1830 in sense A. 1), German humoristisch (1536 in sense ‘of or relating to bodily humours’, second half of the 18th cent. in sense A. 1). With the use as noun compare German Humoristikum humorist piece of writing (1843 as †Humoristicum). A. adj. 1. Relating to or characteristic of a humorist (humorist n. 4); = humorous adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting bourdfula1425 pleasant1530 facete1600 joculary1605 merrya1616 jocundary1618 lepidc1619 droll1623 humorousa1652 drollerical1656 humoursome1656 drollish1674 ludicrous1687 humorific1819 jestful1831 humoristica1834 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes > characteristic of a humorist joculatory1623 humoristica1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 147 By right of humoristic universality each part [in Rabelais and Sterne] is essentially a whole in itself. 1847 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 131 Dickens seems to me..to be rather a sketcher of humoristic characters..than himself a humorist. 1878 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 195 The universal tone of humouristic cynicism. 1929 H. Read Sense of Glory 149 Any dissatisfaction with the digressive spirit of Sterne's works arises from a misunderstanding of the methods proper to humoristic writing. 1965 J. Jónsson Humour & Irony in New Test. vi. 90 It was a common homiletic method in their circles to include comical and humoristic examples. 2004 L. Milne Refl. Laughter 129 Illustrated humoristic propaganda became increasingly important throughout the twenties. 2. Relating to or characteristic of a humoralist or humoralism; = humoralistic adj. Cf. humorist n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [adjective] admitting1832 humoristic1852 doctoral1883 physicianary1932 1852 Chemist 3 441/2 After having, in his book, On the errors of the Humoristic School..dealt vigorous blows to the doctrine of Galen, and thoroughly undermined the Arab theories of medicine, Van Helmont strove to substitute for them a physiological system. 1859 New Amer. Cycl. V. 130/1 Anatomy is neglected; the pathology is humoristic. 1993 P. W. Ewald Evol. Infectious Dis. (1994) x. 186 The humoristic advocates blamed the liquid parts. B. n. In plural. Humorous writings. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > comic or humorous comedy1523 merriment1697 comicality1728 humoristics1886 1886 M. F. Tupper My Life as Author 30 Of..schoolboy literaria..let me save here..one or two of my trivial humoristics. 1922 Typographical Jrnl. 61 474/1 He used to compose his humoristics on the linotype and present them to me in faultless form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1834
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