Category:Phlegmatic

Phleg*mat"ic, a. Etym: [l. phlegmaticus, gr. phlegmatique.]

1. Watery. [obs.] "aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir i. Newton.

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

3. Generating or causing phlegm. "cold and phlegmatic habitations." Sir t. Browne.

4. 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.