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e, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body.

The state or quality of being humoral.

One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.

The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.

One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a humorist.

To humor. Marston.

Destitute of humor.

Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.] All founts wells, all deeps humorous. Chapman.

Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.

Moodiness; capriciousness.

Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne. The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.

Pleasantly; humorously.

Quality of being humorsome.

Ill humor. [Obs.]

Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

esembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

Affording food; nourishing. [R.] "Alimonious humors." Harvey.