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phleg⋅mat⋅ic
[fleg-mat-ik] 
–adjective
| 1. | not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. |
| 2. | self-possessed, calm, or composed. |
| 3. | of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm. |
Also, phleg⋅mat⋅i⋅cal.
Origin:
1300–50; < LL phlegmaticus < Gk phlegmatikós pertaining to phlegm, equiv. to phlegmat- (s. of phlégma phlegm ) + -ikos -ic; r. ME fleumatik < MF fleumatique < LL, as above
1300–50; < LL phlegmaticus < Gk phlegmatikós pertaining to phlegm, equiv. to phlegmat- (s. of phlégma phlegm ) + -ikos -ic; r. ME fleumatik < MF fleumatique < LL, as above
Related forms:
phleg⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
phleg⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, phleg⋅mat⋅ic⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. stoical, cool, cold, uninterested, dull, torpid. 2. cool, collected, unruffled, placid, quiet.
1. stoical, cool, cold, uninterested, dull, torpid. 2. cool, collected, unruffled, placid, quiet.
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| phleg·mat·ic (flěg-māt'ĭk) adj.
[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; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.] phleg·mat'i·cal·ly adv. |
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Phlegmatic
Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. phlegmatique.]1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." --Sir I. Newton. 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. --Harvey. 3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." --Sir T. Browne. 4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison. Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.
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Language Translation for : phlegmatic
Spanish:
flemático,
German:
phlegmatisch,
Japanese:
冷淡な
phlegmatic
"cool, calm, self-possessed," and in a more pejorative sense, "cold, dull, apathetic," 1574, from lit. sense "abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humor)" (1340), from O.Fr. fleumatique, from L.L. phlegmaticus, from Gk. phlegmatikos "abounding in phlegm" (see phlegm).
"A verry flewmatike man is in the body lustles, heuy and slow." [John of Trevisa, transl. of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]
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Main Entry: phleg·mat·ic
Pronunciation: fleg-'mat-ik
Function: adjective
1 : resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
2 : having or showing a slow and stolid temperament —phleg·mat·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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phlegmatic phleg·mat·ic (flěg-māt'ĭk) or phleg·mat·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
- Of or relating to phlegm.
- Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional.
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