Meaning of phlegmish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Laden with phlegm, as a cough.
2. Characterized by the humor phlegm; apathetic or composed.

Examples

“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.”

“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 Lady Pusillanimous' is a mild echo of his invective against his first wife Pamela Lane whom he was just splitting up from: 'That bitch, that pusillanimous, sycophantic, snivelling, phlegmish yokel, that cow — fortunately I've ceased to care what happens to her' — which didn't stop⟳ him sleeping with her now and then after he had remarried, nor from supporting her financially”

“The example (for the third kind) when the (principal proposition) is separative is: 'Either this fever is either yellowish or scarlet, or this fever is either phlegmish or melancholic'.”

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