phlegmish
/ˈflɛmɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by the humor phlegm; apathetic or composed.
Example Sentences
- "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'."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflɛmɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈflɛmɪʃ/
Inflected Forms
more phlegmish (comparative)
most phlegmish (superlative)