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Phlegmatic

PHLEGMAT'IC, adjective [Gr.]

1. Abounding in phlegm; as phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.

2. Generating phlegm; as phlegmatic meat.

3. Watery.

4. Cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; not easily excited into action or passion; as a phlegmatic temper or temperament.