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Rheumy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RHEU'MY, a. [from rheum.]
1. Full of rheum or watery matter; consisting of rheum or partaking of its nature.
2. Affected with rheum.
3. Abounding with sharp moisture; causing rheum.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and theumy damp of night air"
2: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see rheum

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rheumy Rheum"y, a. Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. --Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone has rheumy eyes, their eyes are red and watery, usually because they are very ill or old. (LITERARY) ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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