humor
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At one point, she tries saying: “The clerk’s illness is contagious. Infectious. It is spread by fleas and by … by the humours and exhalations of the ill.”
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020
Galen adhered to many prevalent medical theories, including the concept of humours — based on bodily fluids such as blood — and the curative properties of ‘divinely’ inspired dreams.
From Nature • Aug. 19, 2018
She pulls his cheeks, gives him a peck, and humours him by accepting when he proposes marriage to her.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2017
Amid discussions of fluxes and humours, there are tidbits of still sage advice: controlling one’s temper, taking warm baths before bed, going for walks and staving off disease through diet and lifestyle rather than medicine.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2013
Most of them, especially those who came to the principality as new men, when they recognized the difficulty resulting from the two opposing humours, turned to appeasing the soldiers, caring little about injuring the people.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing humor
Journalism
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