Definition of "humorist" in Englisch

noun

1. (medicine, now rare, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.

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

   • I called on him and found him a contemporary of Beauclerk and Langton at Trinity College, Oxford, and a man of reading and animation, but a kind of humourist.

3. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.

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