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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