Definitions for phlegmatic

phlegmatic phleg·mat·ic

Spelling: [fleg-mat-ik or fleg-mat-i-kuh l]
IPA: /flɛgˈmæt ɪk or flɛgˈmæt ɪ kəl/

Phlegmatic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 775 anagrams from letters in phlegmatic (aceghilmpt).

Definitions for phlegmatic

adjective

  1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
  2. self-possessed, calm, or composed.
  3. of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm.

Origin of phlegmatic

1300-50; Late Latin phlegmaticus Greek phlegmatikós pertaining to phlegm, equivalent to phlegmat- (stem of phlégma phlegm) + -ikos -ic; repla

Examples for phlegmatic

They were a phlegmatic race, placid, unimaginative, reposeful.

The Duke was a ton of a little man with the phlegmatic Dutch face.

He was a phlegmatic, heavy Dutchman, and seemed decent enough.

Within a few hours, their phlegmatic blandness had begun to pass.

The phlegmatic Englishman stamps and gesticulates with all the energy of a madman.

Yet he is not phlegmatic; indeed, he is extraordinarily animated.

The constables were fat, phlegmatic, and anything but heroic.

Then we beheld a spectacle calculated to thrill the most phlegmatic fisherman.

This phlegmatic animal had been enjoying himself for the last half hour.

phlegmatic though he might have been, Levine had a wonderfully dry, self-deprecating sense of humor.

Word Value for phlegmatic
Scrable

20

Words with friends

24

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