phlegmatique

English

Adjective

phlegmatique (comparative more phlegmatique, superlative most phlegmatique)

1. Obsolete form of phlegmatic.
   • 1649?, John Aubrey quoted in Chambers’s Journal, Volume VIII., page #342:

     In North Wiltshire, and like the vale of Gloucestershire (or dirty clayey country), the indigenæ or aborigines speak drawling ; they are phlegmatique, skins pale and livid, slow and dull, heavy of spirit ; hereabout is but a little tillage or hard labour, they only milk the cows and make cheese ; they feed chiefly on milke meates, which cooles their braines too much, and hurts their inventions.

French

Alternative forms

• flegmatique

Etymology

From phlegme +‎ -ique.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

phlegmatique (plural phlegmatiques)

1. phlegmatic

Further reading

• “phlegmatique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.