phlegmatic

Meaning

Adj

1. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
2. Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.

Noun

One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

Synonyms

phlegmatical

impassive

apathetic

calm

stolid

dull

indifferent

leaden

lymphatic

mucous

passionless

passive

cool

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pituitary

retarded

ruthless

slow

sober

of a phlegmatic temperament

tardigrade

uncharitable

pituitous

apathy

humoral

Translations

flegmatique

phlegmatisch

flemático

φλεγματικός

flemmatico

fleumático

flegmàtic

flemmamatico

flegmatisch

sehr langsam

tranig

imperturbabile

🆒

flemmatica

mústic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɛɡˈmætɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fleumatik

In summary

From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.