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Phlegmatic - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Phlegmatic : adj : showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly
undemonstrative man" [syn: phlegmatical]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Phlegmatic : \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
phlegmatique.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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