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PHLEGMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phlegmy mean?
• PHLEGMY (adjective)
The adjective PHLEGMY has 1 sense:
1. characterized by phlegm
Familiarity information: PHLEGMY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: phlegmier
Superlative: phlegmiest
Superlative: phlegmiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by phlegm
Context example:
a phlegmy discharge
Antonym:
dry (without a mucous or watery discharge)
Derivation:
phlegm (expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness)
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