单词 | phlegmatic |
释义 | phlegmatic —phlegmatically, adv. —phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, n. /fleg mat"ik/, adj. 1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. 2. self-possessed, calm, or composed. 3. of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm. Also, phlegmatical. [1300-50; < LL phlegmaticus < Gk phlegmatikós pertaining to phlegm, equiv. to phlegmat- (s. of phlégma PHLEGM) + -ikos -IC; r. ME fleumatik < MF fleumatique < LL, as above] Syn. 1. stoical, cool, cold, uninterested, dull, torpid. 2. cool, collected, unruffled, placid, quiet. |
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