"phlegmatic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /flɛɡˈmætɪk/ Audio: en-us-phlegmatic.ogg Forms: more phlegmatic [comparative], most phlegmatic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleumatik}} Middle English fleumatik, {{der|en|fro|fleumatique}} Old French fleumatique, {{der|en|la|phlegmaticus}} Latin phlegmaticus, {{der|en|grc|φλεγματικός}} Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} phlegmatic (comparative more phlegmatic, superlative most phlegmatic)
  1. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. Categories (topical): People, Personality Synonyms: apathetic, cold-blooded, phlegmish, unflappable, stoic, apathetic, calm Translations (not easily excited to action): муден (muden) (Bulgarian), флегматичен (flegmatičen) (Bulgarian), flegmàtic (Catalan), flegmatický (Czech), flegmatisk (Danish), flegmatisch (Dutch), flegma (Esperanto), flegmaattinen (Finnish), flegmatique [feminine, masculine] (French), flegmático (Galician), bacento (Galician), phlegmatisch (German), φλεγματικός (flegmatikós) (Greek), פלגמטי (flegmati) (Hebrew), phlegmatic (Interlingua), fuarchúiseach (Irish), flemmatico (Italian), рамно́душен (ramnódušen) (Macedonian), флегма́тичен (flegmátičen) (Macedonian), flegmatyczny [masculine] (Polish), fleumático (Portuguese), флегмати́ческий (flegmatíčeskij) (Russian), флегмати́чный (flegmatíčnyj) (Russian), flemático (Spanish), flegmático (disused) (Spanish), flegmatisk (Swedish), sävlig (Swedish), флегмати́чний (flehmatýčnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), флегматик (flehmatyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-phlegmatic-en-adj-kOYb~VPx Disambiguation of People: 66 1 32 Disambiguation of Personality: 81 2 17 Disambiguation of 'not easily excited to action': 96 4
  2. Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. Synonyms: phlegmatous [archaic] Translations (generating, causing, or full of phlegm): слузест (sluzest) (Bulgarian), flegmàtic (Catalan), phlegmatisch (German), слу́зест (slúzest) (Macedonian), flemático (Spanish), flegmático (disused) (Spanish), flegmatisk (Swedish) Translations (watery): apos [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), apoasa [feminine] (Romanian), aposi [masculine, plural] (Romanian), apoase [feminine, plural] (Romanian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phlegmatick, phlegmaticke, phlegmatique [obsolete] Related terms: phlegm, phlegmatically, phlegmish (english: occasionally synonymous), phlegmy (english: occasionally synonymous) Coordinate_terms: choleric, melancholic, sanguine

Noun

IPA: /flɛɡˈmætɪk/ Audio: en-us-phlegmatic.ogg Forms: phlegmatics [plural]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleumatik}} Middle English fleumatik, {{der|en|fro|fleumatique}} Old French fleumatique, {{der|en|la|phlegmaticus}} Latin phlegmaticus, {{der|en|grc|φλεγματικός}} Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} phlegmatic (plural phlegmatics)
  1. One who has a phlegmatic disposition. Translations (person): flegmaatikko (Finnish), flegmatiker (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phlegmatick, phlegmaticke, phlegmatique [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "flegmaatikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "flegmatiker"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phlegmatic"
}

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