phlegmatic
One who has a phlegmatic dispositionOne who has a phlegmatic disposition.
» I couldn't read his phlegmatic expression.
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1 sensesOne who has a phlegmatic disposition.
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
1 languagesOrigin
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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