Phleg·mat·ic a.
1. Watery. [Obs.] “Aqueous and phlegmatic.”
2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.
3. Generating or causing phlegm. “Cold and phlegmatic habitations.”
4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.
Phlegmatic temperament Old Physiol., lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.
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