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phlegmy

adj

Etymology

From phlegm + -y.

  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. formed as phlegmy — “phlegm + -y”

Definitions

  1. Charged with phlegm.

    • His phlegmy cough disgusted everybody on the train.
    • Pockmarks rise with hair all along his arm, and he reaches for a bottle and hacks up a big phlegmy gob of spit.

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