fleumatik
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmāticus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fleumatik
- Phlegmatic; containing or made of the humour of phlegm.
- Caused by an overabundance or overflow of phlegm; made due to too much phlegm.
- Phlegmatic in temprament; lacking emotion, excitement or passion.
- (rare) Generating, creating or making phlegm.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- medicinal humor adjectives: humours: colerik · fleumatik · malencolik · sanguine [edit]
Descendants
[edit]- English: phlegmatic (remodelled after Latin)
References
[edit]- “fleumatīk, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.