Phleg*mat"ic (?), a. [L. phlegmaticus, Gr. : cf. F. phlegmatique.]
1.
Watery.
[Obs.] "Aqueous and
phlegmatic."
Sir I. Newton.
2.
Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution.
Harvey.
3.
Generating or causing phlegm.
"Cold and
phlegmatic habitations."
Sir T. Browne.
4.
Not easily excited to action or passion; cold; dull; sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person.
Addison.
Phlegmatic temperament Old Physiol., lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.
© Webster 1913.