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Phlegmatic

Phlegmatic Meaning & Definition
Phlegmatic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phlegmatic?

[adj] showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Phlegmatic: phlegmatical | unemotional

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Phlegmatic In Webster's Dictionary

\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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