Thesaurus: phlegmatic

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1. a. Watery.
2. a. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.
3. a. Generating or causing phlegm.
4. a. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.
5. adj. showing little emotion
6. 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.
7. j:100 s. showing little emotion