Sad, glad, mad, +4th?

Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
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Cecil’s column on the subject

I think poetic license is required. It was tempting to use “bad” in a Protestant-work-ethic sense, but if you just leave off the quest for perfect rhyme, you can use:

phlegmatic flat
sanguine glad
melancholy

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Cecil’s column on the subject

I think poetic license is required. It was tempting to use “bad” in a Protestant-work-ethic sense, but if you just leave off the quest for perfect rhyme, you can use:

phlegmatic flat
sanguine glad
choleric mad
melancholy sad

(And blame the cat for incomplete post #1)

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“bland”?