This week’s word is Phlegmatic, it is one of the four temperaments first used by Hippocrates in Greco-Roman Medicine; the others were sanguine, choleric and melancholic. I have no idea why this word popped out at me but perhaps it describes how I’m feeling at the moment, a bit calm and quiet and pleased to be taking a break for a few days.
My alternative meaning for the word is ‘loud hacking cough‘ – what would your’s be?
This week’s word is Phlegmatic,it is an ADJECTIVE and is pronounced ‘fleg...
Published on September 17, 2012 00:22