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Definition of Rheumy

1. Adjective. Moist, damp, wet (especially of air). "The raw and theumy damp of night air"

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to arthritis. "Rheumy with age and grief"

Definition of Rheumy

1. a. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.

Definition of Rheumy

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or producing rheum from the mucous membranes; watery ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rheumy

1. marked by rheum [adj RHEUMIER, RHEUMIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheumy

rheumatoid lung disease rheumatoid nodule rheumatoid nodules rheumatoid spondylitis rheumatological rheumatologies rheumatologist rheumatologists rheumatology rheumed

rheumic rheumides rheumier rheumiest rheums rheumy (current term) rhexes rhexis rhexises rhexistasy

rhies rhigolene rhigolenes rhigosis rhigotic rhime rhimes rhin- rhinal rhinal fissure

Literary usage of Rheumy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... stayed ; and admired, To look on Priam's daughters' fiery grave ! Fell, from the blear eyes of his totty head, Therein, few rheumy drops. ..."

2. Farriery Improv'd: Or, a Compleat Treatise Upon the Art of Farriery: Wherein by Henry Bracken (1745)
"... no doubt, frequently rheumy" troubled with Rheums and Inflammations of Eyes' the Eyes, which have been ill cured while they were Colts; ..."

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