phlegmatic

Etymology
From, , , , , from , from , from , from. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots, with modern pronunciation following this new spelling.

Adjective

 * 1) Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
 * 2) * 2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print.
 * Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume of letters that has clearly served as one of Ms. von Trotta's sources) is a fascinating study in cultural and temperamental contrast, an impulsive and witty American paired with a steady, phlegmatic German.
 * 1) Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
 * Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume of letters that has clearly served as one of Ms. von Trotta's sources) is a fascinating study in cultural and temperamental contrast, an impulsive and witty American paired with a steady, phlegmatic German.
 * 1) Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:calm
 * See also Thesaurus:calm

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: flegmàtic
 * Czech: flegmatický
 * Danish: flegmatisk
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: flegma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: flegmático, bacento
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Interlingua: phlegmatic
 * Irish: fuarchúiseach
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: рамно́душен, флегма́тичен
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: флегмати́чний, флегматик


 * Bulgarian: слузест
 * Catalan: flegmàtic
 * German:
 * Macedonian: слу́зест
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Romanian:, apoasa, aposi, apoase


 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 粘液質の

Noun

 * 1) One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: