- rheumy
- rheum|y [ `rumi ] adjective LITERARYrheumy eyes look red and wet because of illness, sadness, or old age
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Rheumy — Rheum y, a. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. [1913 Webster] His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. [1913 Webster] And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rheumy — 1590s, from RHEUM (Cf. rheum) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
rheumy — adj. Rheumy is used with these nouns: ↑eye … Collocations dictionary
rheumy — [[t]ru͟ːmi[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n If someone has rheumy eyes, their eyes are red and watery, usually because they are very ill or old. [LITERARY] … English dictionary
rheumy — UK [ˈruːmɪ] / US [ˈrumɪ] adjective literary rheumy eyes look red and wet because of illness, sadness, or old age … English dictionary
rheumy — adjective 1. moist, damp, wet (especially of air) the raw and theumy damp of night air • Similar to: ↑wet • Derivationally related forms: ↑rheum 2. of or pertaining to arthritis my creaky old joints rheumy with … Useful english dictionary
rheumy — adjective see rheum … New Collegiate Dictionary
rheumy — rheumily, adv. rheuminess, n. /rooh mee/, adj. rheumier, rheumiest. pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with rheum. [1585 95; RHEUM + Y1] * * * … Universalium
rheumy — adjective of, relating to, or producing rheum from the mucous membranes; watery … Wiktionary
rheumy — Synonyms and related words: bloody, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, excretory, humoral, ichorous, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, salivant, salivary, salivous, sanious,… … Moby Thesaurus
