phlegmy

[ flem-ee ]

/ ˈflɛm i /

of, relating to, or characterized by phlegm.

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First recorded in 1540–50; phlegm + -y¹

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Either he might have said nothing, or contented himself with declaring that I had not the phlegmy cough.
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6|Eugne Sue
Can you imagine that a man could stand calmly and hear himself charged with having a phlegmy cough?
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6|Eugne Sue
A phlegmy cough, my dear lawyer; a complaint which is really most ridiculously absurd!
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6|Eugne Sue
The other evening at the —— embassy, I asked him, before your wife and the Countess Macgregor, how his phlegmy cough was?
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6|Eugne Sue

Gentlemen, I not only declare that my honourable opponent had not a phlegmy cough, but I trust he never will have one.'
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6|Eugne Sue

adj.

1540s, from phlegm + -y (2).