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rheumy

adjective
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As an adjective, rheumy means of, relating to, or made of rheum ("thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum").

Meanings of rheumy

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Of, relating to, or made of rheum ("thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum"); watery.

  2. Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.

  3. Of or pertaining to arthritis

    “my creaky old joints”

    “rheumy with age and grief”

    Similar: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. literarypoeticobsoleteEspecially of the air: damp, moist.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: of or pertaining to arthritis
arthriticcreakyrheumaticrheumatoid

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