phlegmatic
1 synonym and 5 antonyms for phlegmatic, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Calm and not easily made angry, excited or upset.
Synonyms
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phlegmatical
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Etymology
From Middle English fleumatik, flewmatik, flematik, fleumatyke, flewmatyk, from Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός (phlegmatikós), from φλέγμα (phlégma), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with mildness, coldness, sluggish...
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