Found 2 items, similar to phlegmatic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj : showing little emotion;
“a phlegmatic...and certainly
undemonstrative man” [syn:
phlegmatical]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Phlegmatic
Phlegmatic
\Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
phlegmatique.]
1. Watery. [Obs.]
“Aqueous and phlegmatic.” --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic
constitution. --Harvey.
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3. Generating or causing phlegm.
“Cold and phlegmatic
habitations.” --Sir T. Browne.
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4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull;
sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison.
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Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic
temperament. See under
Lymphatic.
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