单词 | phlegmatical |
释义 | phlegmaticaladj. = phlegmatic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [adjective] rheumatica1398 phlegmy?c1425 phlegmaticc1503 mucous1578 pituitous1578 rheumy1583 phlegmatical1586 pituous1617 pituitose1710 mucoid1849 mucoidal1849 myxoid1890 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [adjective] > humours > specific moista1393 cholerica1398 melancholya1398 radicala1398 sanguinea1398 adusta1400 phlegmatica1400 adusted1547 phlegmatical1586 humid1604 sanguineous1732 1586 Queen Elizabeth I in J. Bruce Leycester Corr. (1844) 243 What flegmaticall reasons soever were made you. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 235 They that have a phlegmatical Ague. 1795 W. Brodum Guide to Old Age 86 The matter may also be vicious in quality, as when sanguineous, phlegmatical, bilious, or melancholious. 1830 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 392 He appeared so cool and phlegmatical, that I felt a pang in my heart. 1851 E. Bulwer-Lytton Not so Bad as we Seem i. i. 4 Am I not renowned from Soho to the Mall as a headlong—immoveable—reckless—phlegmatical—true King of the Mode? 1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 5 May 18 Mbeki told me it wasn't the first and probably wouldn't be the last attempt on his life. He was remarkably phlegmatical about it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1586 |
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