phlegmy

English

Etymology

phlegm +‎ -y

Adjective

phlegmy (comparative phlegmier, superlative phlegmiest)

1. Charged with phlegm.

   Synonym: phlegmish

   His phlegmy cough disgusted everybody on the train.

   • 2022, Jenni Fagan, Hex, Polygon, page 42:

     Pockmarks rise with hair all along his arm, and he reaches for a bottle and hacks up a big phlegmy gob of spit.

Derived terms

• phlegmily

Related terms

• phlegmatic (occasionally synonymous)

Translations

charged with phlegm

• Latin: pītuītōsus