phlegmatic
Not easily excited to action or passionNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
» I couldn't read his phlegmatic expression.
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2 sensesNot easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
phlegmatisch
флегмати́ческийflegmatíčeskij, флегмати́чныйflegmatíčnyj
флегмати́чнийflehmatýčnyj, флегматикflehmatyk
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Near-synonyms: phlegmish, phlegmy
phlegmatic humors
phlegmatisch
- showing little emotion
Examples
2 sentencesI couldn't read his phlegmatic expression.
His disciples consider him a prophet, despite the former mathematics professor’s almost phlegmatic demeanor.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old FrenchFrom Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with mildness, coldness, sluggishness, and indifference. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.
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Forms
more phlegmatic, most phlegmatic| Comparative | more phlegmatic Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most phlegmatic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
93 synonyms- showing little emotion:phlegmatical
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.