rheumy

Meaning

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. (literary, obsolete, poetic) Especially of the air: damp, moist.

Synonyms

rheumatic

creaky

arthritic

rheumatoid

running

🏃

serous

aquiform

Translations

artrític

reumàtic

aqueux

🚰

arthritique

délavé

déteint

acqueo

🚰

acquoso

brodoso

cisposo

waterachtig

waterig

aquoso

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹuːmi/

Etymology

From rheum + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).