phlegmatic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite showing little emotion
    phlegmatical.
    • a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man

WordNet

Phleg*mat"ic adjective
Etymology
L. phlegmaticus, Gr. : cf. F. phlegmatique.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913