phlegmatic
Plural: phlegmatics
Adjective Satellite
- showing little emotion
- "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man"
Adj
- Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Noun
- One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
Examples
- a phlegmatic constitution
- phlegmatic humors
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.
Synonyms
phlegmatical, Laodicean, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, calm, cold-blooded, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, dull, enervated, equable, equanimitable, equanimous, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, ineffervescible, insensible, insouciant, jaded, lackadaisical, laid-back, languid, languorous, lethargic, level-headed, listless, lotophagous, lukewarm, mellow, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, phlegmatous, phlegmish, placid, pococurante, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, shiftless, spiritless, still, stoic, supine, tepid, torpedinous, torpid, tranquil, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, untouched, untumultuous, unzealous, world-weary
Scrabble Score: 20
phlegmatic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordphlegmatic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
phlegmatic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary