lymphatic

/lɪmˈfæ.tɪk/

lymphatic adjective: pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.

Adjective

lymphatic (comparative more lymphatic, superlative most lymphatic)

Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
Lacking energy or enthusiasm; having characteristics once associated with an excess of lymph: lack of muscle tone, paleness, sluggishness, etc.
- Eleonore Lemindre, aged 34, tailoress, of a sanguine lymphatic temperament, having suffered great depression of spirits, experienced, in the course of 1820, symptoms of what is called disease of the heart.1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 188
- Streaker, the housemaid, too, had an attribute of a most discomfiting nature. I am unable to say whether she was of an unusually lymphatic temperament, or what else was the matter with her, but this young woman became a mere Distillery for the production of the largest and most transparent tears I...1859 December 13, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C[harles]...
(obsolete) Madly enthusiastic; frantic.
- A Negro stood by all the while trembling, now and then lifting up his hands and eyes, muttering his black Art to some hobgoblin, and (when we least suspected it) skips out, and in a limphatic rapture drew a long knife which he brandisht about his head 7 or 8 times, and after so many spells put it...1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great, Book I, p. 28

Noun

lymphatic (plural lymphatics)

A vessel that transports lymph.

lymphatic meaning in Tamil and Arabic

lymphatic in Tamil

நிணநீர் நாளம், நிணநீர்க்குரிய, வடிநீரக

lymphatic in Arabic

pertaining to lymph or lymphatic system: لِمْفَاوِيّ limfāwiyy

Examples of lymphatic in a sentence

He was a lymphatic, half-witted Hindu youth, who lived his life in almost complete silence[…]1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:
Hari, the holy man, who was to be the pundit that day, was just as Mr Biswas remembered him, just as soft-spoken and lymphatic.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 4:

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Forms of lymphatic

Adjective
comparative	more lymphatic
superlative	most lymphatic
Noun
plural	lymphatics

Origin of lymphatic

From lymph + -atic.

Phrases with lymphatic

Words that rhyme with lymphatic

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Questions about lymphatic

What does lymphatic mean?: Lymphatic means pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
What is lymphatic in Tamil?: Lymphatic in Tamil is நிணநீர் நாளம், நிணநீர்க்குரிய, வடிநீரக. See Lymphatic meaning in Tamil.
How do you use lymphatic in a sentence?: He was a lymphatic, half-witted Hindu youth, who lived his life in almost complete silence[…]
What part of speech is lymphatic?: Lymphatic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lymphatic?: Lymphatic is pronounced /lɪmˈfæ.tɪk/.

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