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phlegmy

 [flem-ee]  

phlegm·y

   [flem-ee]
adjective, phlegm·i·er, phlegm·i·est.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by phlegm.
Origin:
1540–50; phlegm + -y1
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phlegm (flɛm)
 
—n
1.  the viscid mucus secreted by the walls of the respiratory tract
2.  archaic one of the four bodily humours
3.  apathy; stolidity; indifference
4.  self-possession; imperturbability; coolness
 
[C14: from Old French fleume, from Late Latin phlegma, from Greek: inflammation, from phlegein to burn]
 
'phlegmy
 
—adj

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