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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