fleumatik
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmāticus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfleumatik
- Phlegmatic; containing or made of the humour of phlegm.
- Caused by an overabundance or overflow of phlegm; made due to too much phlegm.
- Phlegmatic in temprament; lacking emotion, excitement or passion.
- (rare) Generating, creating or making phlegm.
Descendants
edit- English: phlegmatic (remodelled after Latin)
References
edit- “fleumatīk, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.
See also
edit- humour
- (qualities of the four humours) fleumatik, colerik, malencolik, sanguine [edit]
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