lymphatic

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lymphatic

/lɪmˈfæ.tɪk/

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adjective more lymphatic · most lymphatic

Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
Lacking energy or enthusiasm; having characteristics once associated with an excess of lymph: lack of muscle tone, paleness, sluggishness, etc. Eleonore Lemindre, aged 34, tailoress, of a sanguine lymphatic temperament, having suffered great depression of spirits, experienced, in the course of 1820, symptoms of what is called disease of the heart.
obsolete Madly enthusiastic; frantic. A Negro stood by all the while trembling, now and then lifting up his hands and eyes, muttering his black Art to some hobgoblin, and (when we least suspected it) skips out, and in a limphatic rapture drew a long knife which he brandisht about his head 7 or 8 times, and after so many spells put it up

noun lymphatics

A vessel that transports lymph.

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adj pertaining to lymph or lymphatic system

Español	linfático
Português	linfático
Français	lymphatique
Deutsch	lymphatisch
Italiano	linfatico
Русский	лимфати́ческий limfatíčeskij
العربية	لِمْفَاوِيّ limfāwiyy

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@misc{lymphatic_2026,
  title = {lymphatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lymphatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}