Meaning

4 senses
  1. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.

    Humorist, Humoristin

    юмори́стjumoríst, юмори́сткаjumorístka

    гумори́стhumorýst, гумори́сткаhumorýstka

  2. One who studies or portrays the humours of people.

  3. (archaic, historical)Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.

  4. (obsolete)Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric.

More definitions
  • someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The author is also an outstanding humorist.

  2. Some humorists do randomness right, and some are breaded and lightly fried with herbs.

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  3. Mr. Glass did not, like most successful humorists, begin as a writer of tragedy.

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  4. "What is your religion? Christianity? Judaism? Buddhism? Or are you an atheist" "No, I'm a humorist!"

    ru«Какой вы конфессии? Христианство? Иудаизм? Буддизм? Или вы атеист?» — «Нет, я юморист!» — Ooneykcall

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Translations

7 languages
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writer of humor:
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writer of humor:
Deutsch
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writer of humor:

Forms

plural: humorists

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way:humourist

Word family

2 related words
Relatedhumor
Derivedhumoristic

See also

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