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Definition of Phlegmy
1. Adjective. Characterized by phlegm. "A phlegmy discharge"
Definition of Phlegmy
1. Adjective. Charged with phlegm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phlegmy
1. resembling phlegm [adj PHLEGMIER, PHLEGMIEST] - See also: phlegm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlegmy
Literary usage of Phlegmy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical and Physical Analysis of Milk, Condensed Milk, and Infants' Milk by Nicholas Gerber (1882)
"phlegmy milk is said to curdle sooner than normal milk, the curd presenting
likewise an abnormal appearance and phlegmy consistency. ..."
2. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"My 13 months old male French bulldog has a very phlegmy condition of the mouth
at all times, and whenever ill vomits a phlegmy mass. ..."
3. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1839)
"The first is from certain filthy phlegmy matter which the stomach and vessels do
continually breathe and send forth, which does lodge or centre in the mouth ..."
4. Air, Food, and Exercises: An Essay on the Predisposing Causes of Disease by Andrea Carlo Francisco Rabagliati (1904)
"... he says: " For if from phlegmy persons phlegmy arise, and from bilious persons
bilious are generated, and from phthisical persons phthisical, ..."
5. The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq.: Abridged by Robert Boyle (1725)
"For fome mens blood may be much more phlegmy ... which a phlegmy liquor would
not have done : and if ..."
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