Definition of Phlegmetic

Phleg*mat"ic (?), a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Watery.
Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.
Generating or causing phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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