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phlegmatic

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/flɛgˈmætɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/flɛgˈmætɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fleg mat′ik)

phleg•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.

phleg•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.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

phlegmatic /flɛɡˈmætɪk/, phlegmatical adj

having a stolid or unemotional disposition
not easily excited

phlegˈmatically adv

'phlegmatic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

choleric - impassive - mercurial - phlegm - stolid

Synonyms: apathetic, impassive, tiresome, cold, dull, more...

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in deference to a more phlegmatic front than he had expected of the British faculty
phlegmatic and energetic
Usage of "Phlegmatic", "Bloodless", and "cold".

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