phlegmatismn.

Brit.

/ˈflɛɡmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈflɛɡməˌtɪz(ə)m/

Forms: 1600s flegmatism, 1700s– phlegmatism.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phlegmatic adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < phlegmat- (in phlegmatic adj.) + -ism suffix. Compare post-classical Latin phlegmatismus (in an undated glossary). Compare earlier phlegmatist n.

Phlegmatic nature, character, or temperament; calmness, stolidity, absence of excitability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]

accidiaOE

accidie?c1225

lethargyc1380

faintness1398

lithernessc1425

listlesshedec1440

owlisthead1440

supinity1548

lustlessness1556

benumbedness1566

phlegm1578

apoplexy1589

acedia1607

torpor1607

drowsiness1611

torpidity1614

languishmentc1620

hebetude1621

acedy1623

inerty1623

supineness1640

listlessness1646

cadaveriety1651

inertitude1656

oscitation1656

torpulency1657

sopor1658

phlegmaticness1659

lethargicalness1664

torpidnessa1676

faineantisea1684

phlegmatism1688

vis inertiae1710

torpitude1713

moonery1764

donothingness1814

benumbment1817

inertia1821

languor1825

donothingism1839

Mondayishness1850

mooniness1852

mooning1857

fainéantisme1873

sog1874

Oblomovism1902

the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [noun] > phlegmatic quality or disposition

phlegm1578

phlegmaticness1659

phlegmatism1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 442/1 Flegmatism, Flegmatick, flemish, full of Flegm.

1797 W. Godwin Enquirer 436 The phlegmatism of..Sir Robert Walpole's..conduct.

1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 532/2 Whether from phlegmatism or want of spirit..nobody would conjecture from his face that he was undergoing either pain or insult.

1963 Times 27 May 8/2 Francoise Sagan, British phlegmatism and many other picturesque aspects of contemporary life in the 1960s are gently but tellingly guyed.

2004 Independent (Nexis) 13 Mar. 43 The myth of the south—of hot blood, Latin temperament, Mediterranean excess. It all goes back to errors of medieval medicine: hot climates breed choleric characters, whereas northerners imbibe phlegmatism from their dank, cold surroundings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phlegmatism
释义	phlegmatismn. Brit. /ˈflɛɡmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈflɛɡməˌtɪz(ə)m/ Forms: 1600s flegmatism, 1700s– phlegmatism. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phlegmatic adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < phlegmat- (in phlegmatic adj.) + -ism suffix. Compare post-classical Latin phlegmatismus (in an undated glossary). Compare earlier phlegmatist n. Phlegmatic nature, character, or temperament; calmness, stolidity, absence of excitability. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] accidiaOE accidie?c1225 lethargyc1380 faintness1398 lithernessc1425 listlesshedec1440 owlisthead1440 supinity1548 lustlessness1556 benumbedness1566 phlegm1578 apoplexy1589 acedia1607 torpor1607 drowsiness1611 torpidity1614 languishmentc1620 hebetude1621 acedy1623 inerty1623 supineness1640 listlessness1646 cadaveriety1651 inertitude1656 oscitation1656 torpulency1657 sopor1658 phlegmaticness1659 lethargicalness1664 torpidnessa1676 faineantisea1684 phlegmatism1688 vis inertiae1710 torpitude1713 moonery1764 donothingness1814 benumbment1817 inertia1821 languor1825 donothingism1839 Mondayishness1850 mooniness1852 mooning1857 fainéantisme1873 sog1874 Oblomovism1902 the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [noun] > phlegmatic quality or disposition phlegm1578 phlegmaticness1659 phlegmatism1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 442/1 Flegmatism, Flegmatick, flemish, full of Flegm. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer 436 The phlegmatism of..Sir Robert Walpole's..conduct. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 532/2 Whether from phlegmatism or want of spirit..nobody would conjecture from his face that he was undergoing either pain or insult. 1963 Times 27 May 8/2 Francoise Sagan, British phlegmatism and many other picturesque aspects of contemporary life in the 1960s are gently but tellingly guyed. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 13 Mar. 43 The myth of the south—of hot blood, Latin temperament, Mediterranean excess. It all goes back to errors of medieval medicine: hot climates breed choleric characters, whereas northerners imbibe phlegmatism from their dank, cold surroundings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688
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