Definition of "phlegmatic" [phleg•mat•ic]

• Of or relating to phlegm; phlegmy. (adjective)
• Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional. (adjective)

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• "He recalled the phlegmatic doctor, he recalled how he had grinned, that is, wrinkled up his nose when he saw him coming out of the wood almost arm-inarm with Baron Dönhof."
• "His temperament exhibited all the varieties known to science: in the morning, before drinking, he was melancholy; in the middle of the day, choleric; and in the evening, phlegmatic, that is to say, he did nothing at that time but snore and grunt till he was put to bed."
• "English, in our passion for daily excitement, might call her phlegmatic, but we should call her so unjustly."