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[syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
phlegmatique.]
1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." --Sir I. Newton.
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2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic
constitution. --Harvey.
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3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic
habitations." --Sir T. Browne.
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4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull;
sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison.
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Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic
temperament. See under Lymphatic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phlegmatic
adj 1: showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly
undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatic, phlegmatical]