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phlegmatic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phlegmatic adj : showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" [syn: {phlegmatical}]
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