different between unexcited vs phlegmatic
unexcited
English
Etymology
un- +? excited
Adjective
unexcited (comparative more unexcited, superlative most unexcited)
- Not feeling excitement or keen interest; placid; bored.
- Having seen the film twice before, I felt distinctly unexcited at the prospect of a third viewing.
- Not in a state of excitation.
- 1759, Literary Memoirs of Germany and the North
- From some excited bodies there proceeds for a certain distance to others unexcited, a light, which is reflected from the latter to the former, and in the reflexion snaps; and which upon touching the skin of a man or beast is felt with a smarting: This snapping light is call'd the electrical Sparks.
- 1759, Literary Memoirs of Germany and the North
Translations
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phlegmatic
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)
- 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.
- 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.
- (archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
- 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)
- One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
Translations
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