February 13, 2027
Phlegmatic
adjectiveDefinition
Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition. A phlegmatic person does not get flustered and meets crisis with the same expression they wear all day.
Example Sentence
“Her phlegmatic response to the emergency kept everyone else from panicking.”
Etymology
From Greek phlegmatikos, from phlegma (clammy moisture); in medieval medicine, an excess of phlegm caused a calm, sluggish temperament.
Scrabble Score
P3H4L1E1G2M3A1T1I1C3
PHLEGMATIC scores 20 points in Scrabble.
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