mardy vs phlegmatic

mardy

adj
  • Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy. 

  • Sulky or whining. 

noun
  • A sulky, whiny mood; a fit of petulance. 

phlegmatic

adj
  • Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. 

  • Generating, causing, or full of phlegm. 

noun
  • One who has a phlegmatic disposition. 

How often have the words mardy and phlegmatic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )