English-Thai Dictionary

phlegmatic

ADJ เฉื่อยชา  ไร้อารมณ์  เนือย  เย็นชา  apathetic stolid passionless chue-cha

 

phlegmatical

ADJ เฉื่อยชา  ไร้อารมณ์  เนือย  ชาเย็น  เมินเฉย  apathetic stolid passionless chue-cha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHLEGMATIC

a.[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.

 

PHLEGMATICALLY

adv. Coldly; heavily.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHLEGMATIC

Phleg *mat "ic, a. Etym: [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. phlegmatique.]

 

1. Watery. [Obs. ] "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. Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.

 

PHLEGMATICAL

PHLEGMATICAL Phleg *mat "ic *al, a.

 

Defn: Phlegmatic. Ash.

 

PHLEGMATICALLY

PHLEGMATICALLY Phleg *mat "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a phlegmatic manner.

 

PHLEGMATICLY

PHLEGMATICLY Phleg *mat "ic *ly, a.

 

Defn: Phlegmatically. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

phlegmatic

phleg mat ic |flegˈmatik flɛɡˈmædɪk | ▶adjective (of a person ) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. DERIVATIVES phleg mat i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to the humor phlegm ’): from Old French fleumatique, via Latin from Greek phlegmatikos, from phlegma ‘inflammation ’ (see phlegm ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

phlegmatic

phlegmatic |flɛgˈmatɪk | ▶adjective (of a person ) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition: the phlegmatic British character. DERIVATIVES phlegmatically adverb ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to the humour phlegm ’): from Old French fleumatique, via Latin from Greek phlegmatikos, from phlegma ‘inflammation ’ (see phlegm ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

phlegmatic

phlegmatic adjective I come from a very demonstrative, emotional Italian family —I can't remember one phlegmatic moment from my childhood: calm, cool, composed, 'calm, cool, and collected', controlled, serene, tranquil, placid, impassive, imperturbable, unruffled, dispassionate, philosophical; stolid, dull, bland, unemotional, lifeless; informal unflappable. ANTONYMS excitable. WORD NOTE phlegmatic Of the descriptions of human personality derived from the idea of bodily humors, phlegmatic seems to have been left behind. (We use humorous and melancholy all the time, of course, and even bilious and choleric are relatively familiar. ) Just because it describes a personality type that is, by its nature, unemotional and self-effacing, refusing to draw attention to itself, doesn't mean the word itself should be overlooked. They are poorly represented on reality-TV shows, but lots of people —accountants, failed Democratic presidential candidates, Belgians —are phlegmatic. Speak up for them! — DA Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

phlegmatic

phlegmatic adjective a phlegmatic attitude to every crisis. See imperturbable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

phlegmatic

phleg mat ic -i cal /fleɡmǽtɪk //-ɪk (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠粘液質の ; 無精な, 鈍重な ; 冷静な .phleg m á t i cal ly 副詞