Phlegmatic (adj)
fleg-ma-tik
(of a person) Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
No matter how often I come across this word, I’m determined it must have something to do with spittle.
Example sentences
“Being British, one is expected to present a phlegmatic dispostion.”
“Phlegmatic isn’t the word, I never know if she’s unimpressed or comatose.”
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Word of the Day - Pluviophile (noun) ploo-vee-oh-fihl
Word of the Day – Buchhändlung
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Word of the Day – Buchhändlung
Word of the Day - Buchhändler (noun) (German) booh-han-dler
Word of the Day – Hooly
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Word of the Day – Hooly
Word of the Day - Hooly (adj) (Scots) hoo-lee
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Word of the Day - Gemütlich (adj) ga-moot-lik
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Word of the Day - Postern (noun) pos-turn
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Word of the Day - Fernweh (noun) (German) fern-vay
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Word of the Day – Pluviophile
Word of the Day - Pluviophile (noun) ploo-vee-oh-fihl