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phlegmatic

[ fleg-mat-ik ]

adjective

  1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.

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  2. self-possessed, calm, or composed.

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  3. of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm.


phlegmatic

/ ڱɛɡˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. having a stolid or unemotional disposition
  2. not easily excited
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپԱ, noun
  • ˈپ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of phlegmatic1

1300–50; < Late Latin phlegmaticus < Greek 𲵳پó pertaining to phlegm, equivalent to phlegmat- (stem of é phlegm ) + -ikos -ic; replacing Middle English fleumatik < Middle French fleumatique < Late Latin, as above
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The frustration that poured out of the mouth of the normally phlegmatic German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was palpable when he left the Paris meeting.

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I have a fairly phlegmatic temperament, but my Spider-Sense has been tingling ever since Donald Trump declared in December 2015 that he was calling for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering” America.

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Under his guidance, the British people came to see themselves as the phlegmatic and resolute defenders of their island home, the latest in a great line of underdog warriors.

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Fraser Brown, a phlegmatic operator who would look at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and say he's seen better, gushes about Darge's professionalism, his breakdown work, his footwork, his carrying power and his essential toughness.

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Observing the frenzy which greets the onset of cold weather, he is phlegmatic.

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