US /ˈɹumi/ UK /ˈɹuːmi/
adj Freq #305653

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    especially of the eyes, watery or affected by a mucous discharge

    The old horse watched through rheumy eyes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · especially of the eyes,... waterybleary
Word family
Derived forms rheumilyrheuminess
Related forms bleareyedbleary-eyedrheumaticrheumaticallyrheumatickyrheumatismrheumatismalrheumatiz

Etymology

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

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