Definition for Phlegmatic

phlegmatic, adj. [ME < OFr < L. < Gk φλεγματκός < φλέγ-ειν, to burn, to blaze.]

Cool; calm; unperturbed; self-possessed; not easily aroused; [fig.] apparently dormant; temporarily inactive; [etymology play] deceptively calm; hiding intense heat and flames beneath an undisturbed exterior.

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