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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024phleg•mat•ic /flɛgˈmætɪk/USA pronunciation also phlegˈmat•i•cal, adj. - Psychologynot easily excited to action or display of emotion;
having a calm temperament. phleg•mat•i•cal•ly, adv.: The coach treated victories just like he did defeats, phlegmatically and with complete control. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phleg•mat•ic (fleg mat′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Psychologynot easily excited to action or display of emotion;
apathetic; sluggish. - Psychologyself-possessed, calm, or composed.
- of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm.
Also, phleg•mat′i•cal. - Late Latin, as above
- Middle French fleumatique
- Greek phlegmatikós pertaining to phlegm, equivalent. to phlegmat- (stem of phlégma phlegm) + -ikos -ic; replacing Middle English fleumatik
- Late Latin phlegmaticus
- 1300–50
phleg•mat′i•cal•ly, adv. phleg•mat′i•cal•ness, phleg•mat′ic•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stoical, cool, cold, uninterested, dull, torpid.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cool, collected, unruffled, placid, quiet.
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