phlegmatic temperament

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phlegmatic temperament - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phlegmatic \Phleg*mat"ic\, a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
     phlegmatique.]
     1. Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." --Sir I. Newton.
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     2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic
        constitution. --Harvey.
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     3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic
        habitations." --Sir T. Browne.
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     4. Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull;
        sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. --Addison.
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     Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic
        temperament. See under Lymphatic.
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