humorism

English

Alternative forms

• humourism

Etymology

humor +‎ -ism

Noun

humorism (uncountable)

1. (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness.
   • July 30, 1831, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Asgill, the French

     I expected to find the ravings of an enthusiast, or the sullen snarlings of an infidel; whereas I found the very soul of Swift–an intense half self-deceived humorism.

References

• “humorism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.