phlegmy

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English

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Etymology

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From phlegm +‎ -y.

Adjective

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phlegmy (comparative phlegmier, superlative phlegmiest)

  1. Charged with phlegm.
    Synonym: phlegmish
    His phlegmy cough disgusted everybody on the train.
    • 2022, Jenni Fagan, Hex, Polygon, page 42:
      Pockmarks rise with hair all along his arm, and he reaches for a bottle and hacks up a big phlegmy gob of spit.

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