# The Four Humors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-humors/205>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 15, 1999, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-humors/205 "1999-09-15T04:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Loon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51bf81/32.png) [@Loon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loon)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 1999, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-humors/205/1 "1999-09-15T04:28:00Z")

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I believe that the four humors are Glad, Sad, Mad, and Silly.

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An equal opportunity / affirmative action Wiseass.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-humors/205/2 "1999-09-16T05:19:00Z")

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Being a nice guy, here’s the link: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_259b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_259b.html)

I figure the phlegmatic types were supposed to come up with an -AD rhyme of their own but never got around to it. 😉

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-humors/205/3 "1999-09-16T01:44:00Z")

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Would any of the following do? languid, stolid, sluggard, flat, dead

Peace.