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- Dictionaryrheum·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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Rheum is a noun that means a watery discharge from the mucous membranes, especially of the eyes or nose. Rheumy is an adjective that describes something that has rheum or is related to it.
Rheumy means having a lot of water in the eyes and not being clear. See how to use this adjective in sentences and learn its pronunciation and translations.
Rheumy means red and watery, usually because someone is very ill or old. It can also mean damp and unhealthy, in a literary sense. Learn more about the word frequency, origin, and usage of rheumy.
Rheumy definition: pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with rheum. . See examples of RHEUMY used in a sentence.
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.
Definition of rheumy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 ).
