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   phlegmatic

   /flɛɡˈmatɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition: "the phlegmatic British character"

   Word 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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. phlegmatically adverb

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