different between phlegmatic vs molasses

English

Alternative forms

• phlegmatick
• phlegmaticke
• phlegmatique

Etymology

From Old French fleumatique, from Latin phlegmaticus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (phlegmatikós), from ?????? (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl???mæt?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

phlegmatic (comparative more phlegmatic, superlative most phlegmatic)

1. Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
   • 2013, A.O. Scott, “How It Looks to Think: Watch Her,” Rev. of Hannah Arendt, dir. by Margarethe von Trotta, New York Times 29 May 2013: C1. Print.

     Their friendship (immortalized in a splendid volume of letters that has clearly served as one of Ms. von Trotta's sources) is a fascinating study in cultural and temperamental contrast, an impulsive and witty American paired with a steady, phlegmatic German.

2. (archaic) Abounding in phlegm.

3. Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.

Synonyms

• (calm and reasonable, tending not to get upset): apathetic, sluggish, cold-blooded, unflappable, stoic
• See also Thesaurus:calm

Coordinate terms

• choleric
• melancholic
• sanguine

Related terms

• phlegm
• phlegmatically

Translations

Noun

phlegmatic (plural phlegmatics)

1. One who has a phlegmatic disposition.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• melasses (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [m??læ.s?z], [m??læ.s?z]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [m??læ.s?z]
• Rhymes: -æs?z

Etymology 1

From French mélasse or Portuguese melaço (compare Spanish melaza), all from Late Latin mell?ceus (“honeylike, honey-sweet”), from Latin mel (“honey”). See mellifluous.

Noun

molasses (uncountable)

1. A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.

Synonyms

• long sweetening, treacle
• sorghum syrup

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• molasses on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

molasses

1. plural of molasse

References

• molasses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “molasses”, in Online Etymology Dictionary