phlegmatic

phleg·mat·ic  (flg-mtk) also phleg·mat·i·cal (--kl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to phlegm; phlegmy.

2. Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional.

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[Middle English fleumatik, from Old French fleumatique, from Late Latin phlegmaticus, full of phlegm, from Greek phlegmatikos, from phlegma, phlegmat-, heat, the humor phlegm, from phlegein, to burn; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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phleg·mati·cal·ly adv.

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phlegmatic [flɛgˈmætɪk], phlegmatical

adj

1. having a stolid or unemotional disposition

2. not easily excited

phlegmatically  adv

phlegmaticalness , phlegmaticness n

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phlegmatic - First meant "abounding in phlegm" and now more commonly means "not easily excited; lacking enthusiasm; dull, sluggish"—supposedly the type of character one has from having an overabundance of phlegm.

See also related terms for sluggish.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

phlegmatic - showing little emotion; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man" phlegmatical unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

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phlegmatic

adjective unemotional, indifferent, cold, heavy, dull, sluggish, matter-of-fact, placid, stoical, lethargic, bovine, apathetic, frigid, lymphatic, listless, impassive, stolid, unfeeling, undemonstrative She spoke in a flat, phlegmatic voice.
excited, emotional, active, alert, lively, passionate, energetic, animated, hyper (informal)

Translations

phlegmatic [flegˈmætɪk] ADJ → flemático

phlegmatic [flɛgˈmætɪk] adj → flegmatique

phlegmatic

adj (= cool) → seelenruhig, stoisch; (= stolid) → träge, schwerfällig, phlegmatisch

phlegmatic [flɛgˈmætɪk] adj → flemmatico/a