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humorist
(medicine, now rare, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
(obsolete) Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric.
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She and the duke used to rally me upon my fondness for lord W—m, who was a sort of an humourist, and apt to be in a pet, in which case he would leave the company, and go to bed by seven o'clock in the evening.
A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.
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Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.
One who studies or portrays the humours of people.