phlegmatic
AdjectiveUS[fleg-mat-ik]/flɛɡˈmætɪk/3 syllables
Synonyms:
phlegmatical
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- showing little emotion“a phlegmatic … and certainly undemonstrative man”Synonyms: phlegmaticalOpposite emotionalSimilar unemotional
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Phleg·mat′ic adjective
Origin: L. phlegmaticus, Gr. …: cf. F. phlegmatique.
1. Watery. obsolete “Aqueous and phlegmatic.” Sir Isaac Newton
2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. William Harvey
3. Generating or causing phlegm. “Cold and phlegmatic habitations.” Sir Thomas Browne
4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. Joseph Addison
Phlegmatic temperament Old Physiol., lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54