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