humourist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

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noun

British usage

"Humorologists study humour and humourists, smile therapists believe in the therapeutic value of cheer and humoropathists promote a 'cacchination (guffawing) cure' for serious illness ('Vitamin C and Laurel and Hardy')."
"I only met the late and much-missed humourist once, but he had an impact on my life that hasn't been mentioned in the other fond tributes."

Etymology tree English humour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English humourist From humour + -ist.

humourists (plural)

humouristic

humorist

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