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which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name. The hypocoristic or pet form of William. Dr. Murray.

One who is irregular. Baxter.

vil law; a writer on civil and international law. It has ever been the method of public jurists to Burke.

Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence. [R.] "Juristic ancestry." Lowell.

A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.

ssion, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.

One who studies the Lepidoptera.

One given to luxury. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley.

ne addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.

Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature.

One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.

A mediocre person. [R.]

See Mechitarist.

A writer of memoirs.

One who, or that which, causes to be remembered. [Obs.]

A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.

One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.