rheum

Meaning

1. Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.
2. Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.
3. Tears.

Synonyms

sleep

😴

catarrh

sleepydust

cold

🥶

mucus

sleepers

snot

eye gunk

eye boogers

slime

snivel

defluxion

spittle

nasal catarrh

nasal mucus

excretion

Chinese rhubarb

radix et rhizoma rhei

rhizoma phei

mucilage

Chinese teasel root

rhubarb

secretion

sleepy-dust

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reume

In summary

From Middle English reume, rewme, from Anglo-Norman reume, from Late Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, humour”). Doublet of stream.