flewme
Middle English
/ˈflɛu̯m(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Phlegm as one of the four cardinal humours believed to influence health and mood.
- Phlegm, sputum or a similar mucous substance; material coughed up.
- A phlegmatic feeling or something that induces or causes it.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fleume (phlegm) derived from Latin phlegma derived from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (l, a cold slimy humour of the body, en, phlegm, flame, inflammation, clammy humor in the body).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φλέγμα
Gloss
l, a cold slimy humour of the body, en, phlegm, flame, inflammation, clammy humor in the body
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dephlegm English
- leucophlegmacy English
- phlegm English
- phlegmish English
- phlegmy English
- phlegma Latin
- Flaum German
- flemma Italian
- flegme French
- φλέγμα Ancient Greek
- φλέγω Ancient Greek
- φλεγματικός Ancient Greek
- flegma Swedish
- flegmatisk Swedish
- flegma Polish
- sauce Middle English
- sausfleme Middle English
- بلغم Arabic
- بَلْغَم Arabic
- fleume Old French
- saussefleume Old French
- Flom Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- flemme Middle French
- ფლეგმა Georgian
- phlegma LL