humorist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person known for creating, writing, or performing humor, especially one who regularly tells amusing stories

   The newspaper humorist found comedy in the small frustrations of daily life.

2. 2
   noun

   archaic: a person governed by whims, fancies, or an eccentric temperament

   The memoir portrays him as a humorist whose sudden whims puzzled his companions.

Formed from humor + -ist. Humor came through French from Latin humor ("moisture") and first referred to one of the bodily fluids once thought to determine temperament. Humorist initially described a person of a particular or whimsical disposition; as humor developed its comic sense, the noun came to mean someone noted for creating or expressing comedy.

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