Definition of humor

• n. - Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.
• n. - A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin.
• n. - State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.
• n. - Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.
• n. - That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.
• v. t. - To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind.
• v. t. - To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please.