PHLEGMATIC

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir I. Newton.

2.
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Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey.

3.
a.

Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." Sir T. Browne.

4.
a.

Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. Addison. Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.

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