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单词 phlegmatical
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phlegmaticaladj.

Brit. /flɛɡˈmatᵻkl/, U.S. /flɛɡˈmædək(ə)l/
Forms: see phlegmatic adj. and -al suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phlegmatic adj., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < phlegmatic adj. + -al suffix1.
= phlegmatic adj.
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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).
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