phlegmatic

 
Pronunciation: /flɛgˈmatɪk/

adjective

  • (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition: the phlegmatic British character

Derivatives

phlegmatically

adverb

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'relating to the humour phlegm'): from Old French fleumatique, via Latin from Greek phlegmatikos, from phlegma 'inflammation' (see phlegm)