- phlegmatic phleg·mat·ic adj
- [flɛɡ'mætɪk]
flemmatico (-a)
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phlegmatic phleg·mat·ic adj
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phlegmatic — phleg•mat•ic [[t]flɛgˈmæt ɪk[/t]] also phleg•mat′i•cal adj. 1) psl prs not easily excited to action or display of emotion; having a calm or apathetic temperament 2) of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm • Etymology: 1300–50; ME… … From formal English to slang
phlegmatic — phleg|mat|ic [flegˈmætık] adj calm and not easily excited or worried ▪ The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request. >phlegmatically [ kli] adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
phlegmatic — Relating to the heavy one of the four ancient Greek humors (see phlegm), and therefore calm, apathetic, unexcitable. [G. phlegmatikos, relating to phlegm] * * * phleg·mat·ic fleg mat ik adj 1) resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor… … Medical dictionary
