Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Phlegmatic

Phlegmatic , adjective

[Latin phlegmaticus, Greek {not transcribed}: compare French phlegmatique.]

1.
Watery. [Obsolete]
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
Collocations (1)
Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiology) , lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.