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    rheum·y
    /ˈro͞omē/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person's eyes) watery: "she was small and wizened, with rheumy eyes and bad teeth"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rheumyRheumy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. ˈrüm. 1. : a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose. 2. archaic : tears. rheumy. ˈrü-mē. adjective. Examples of rheum in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Eye boogers are primarily a combination of mucus, tears, and skin cells known as rheum and are scientifically termed rheumatic.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRHEUMY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. uk / ˈruː.mi / us / ˈruː.mi / Add to word list. rheumy eyes have a lot of water in them and are not clear: The old man peered at him with rheumy eyes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The eye & surrounding area. beadily. beetling. canthus. chiasma. compound eye. eyeball. eyelid. glassy. limbus. macula lutea. macular. monobrow

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRHEUMY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. of the nature of rheum. 2. literary. damp and unhealthy. the rheumy air. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. rheumy in American English. (ˈruːmi) adjective Word forms: rheumier, rheumiest. pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with rheum.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › rheumyRHEUMY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Rheumy definition: pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with rheum. . See examples of RHEUMY used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rheumyRheumy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If something's rheumy, it's moist and watery. Your dog may look spry and healthy, but his gray snout and rheumy eyes give away his age. This adjective almost always describes the damp eyes of a person or animal.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishrheumy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of rheumy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › RheumRheum - Wikipedia

    Rheum from a cat's eyes. Rheum ( / ruːm /; from Greek: ῥεῦμα rheuma 'a flowing, rheum') is a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep (contrast with mucopurulent discharge ).