phlegmish

adj
/ˈflɛmɪʃ/US

Etymology

From phlegm + -ish.

  1. derived from φλέγμα — “flame; inflammation; clammy humor in the body
  2. derived from phlegma
  3. derived from flemme
  4. derived from fleume
  5. inherited from flewme
  6. suffixed as phlegmish — “phlegm + ish

Definitions

  1. Laden with phlegm, as a cough.

    • His front legs doubled under him, and he lay down, his nose in his own water, biting the phlegmish froth and dust around his mouth and gaping like a stuffed animal in a taxidermist's window.
    • This was plainly apparent with solo piano recordings; it seemed as if a layer of phlegmish tubercular congestion had been removed from between the strings.
  2. Characterized by the humor phlegm

    Characterized by the humor phlegm; apathetic or composed.

    • His concern soothed her and she breathed heavily, densely, with a thick phlegmish pity for herself.
    • I was raised among them, though I fled their phlegmish company decades ago to join the chattering classes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for phlegmish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA