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phlegmatic

/flɛɡˈmætɪk/
noun
  1. One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

adjective
  1. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

  2. Abounding in phlegm.

    "a phlegmatic constitution"

  3. Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.

Synonymsapathetic, cold-blooded, sluggish, stoic, unflappable

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