flewme

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fleume, fleme, flewm, flemne

Etymology

From Old French fleume, from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛu̯m(ə)/, /ˈflɛːm(ə)/

Noun

flewme (plural flewmes)

1. Phlegm as one of the four cardinal humours believed to influence health and mood.
2. Phlegm, sputum or a similar mucous substance; material coughed up.
3. A phlegmatic feeling or something that induces or causes it.

Related terms

• fleumatik
• sausfleme

Descendants

• English: phlegm
• Scots: fleem

References

• “fleume (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.

See also

• humour
• (four humours) flewme,‎ coler,‎ malencolie,‎ sanguine ^[edit]