Phlegmatic Definition
flĕg-mătĭk
adjective
Hard to rouse to action.
Webster's New World
Of, like, or producing the humor phlegm.
Webster's New World
Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional or apathetic.
American Heritage
Having phlegm as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
American Heritage
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
Wiktionary
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Phlegmatic
Noun
Singular:
phlegmatic
Plural:
phlegmaticsOrigin of Phlegmatic
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Middle English fleumatik from Old French fleumatique from Late Latin phlegmaticus full of phlegm from Greek phlegmatikos from phlegma phlegmat- heat, the humor phlegm from phlegein to burn bhel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegma")
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