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.