phlegmatic
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phlegmatic
- /flɛɡˈmætɪk/
Rhymes with -ætɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with mildness, coldness, sluggishness, and indifference. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.
adjective more phlegmatic · most phlegmatic · phlegmatick · phlegmaticke · phlegmatique
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Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye, Mr. Fogg seemed a perfect type of that English composure which Angelica Kauffmann has so skilfully represented on canvas.
Similar: apathetic, cold-blooded, phlegmish, unflappable, stoic, adiaphroistic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless
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Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
cold and phlegmatic bodies
Similar: phlegmatous, phlegmish, phlegmy
noun phlegmatics · phlegmatick · phlegmaticke · phlegmatique
- One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
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adj not easily excited to action
| Español | flemático, flegmático (disused) |
|---|---|
| Português | fleumático |
| Français | flegmatique |
| Deutsch | phlegmatisch |
| Italiano | flemmatico |
| Ελληνικά | φλεγματικός flegmatikós |
| Русский | флегмати́ческий flegmatíčeskij, флегмати́чный flegmatíčnyj |
| עברית | פלגמטי flegmati |
adj generating, causing, or full of phlegm
| Español | flemático, flegmático (disused) |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | phlegmatisch |
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title = {phlegmatic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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