flewme
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fleume, fleme, flewm, flemne
Etymology
From Old French fleume, from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɛu̯m(ə)/, /ˈflɛːm(ə)/
Noun
flewme (plural flewmes)
- 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.
Related terms
- fleumatik
- sausfleme
Descendants
- English: phlegm
- Scots: fleem
References
- “fleume (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.
See also
- humour
- (four humours) flewme, coler, malencolie, sanguine [edit]