rheum

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noun

a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.

catarrh; cold.

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Origin of rheum

1350–1400; Middle English reume<Late Latin rheuma<Greek rheûma (rheu-, variant stem of rheîn to flow, stream + -ma noun suffix of result)

OTHER WORDS FROM rheum

rheumic, adjective

Words nearby rheum

rhetorical, rhetorically, rhetorical question, rhetorical stress, rhetorician, rheum, rheumatic, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, rheumatics, rheumatism

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How to use rheum in a sentence

The rheum still, sir, nothing else; I should be well seasoned, for mine eyes lie in brine.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
"Rheum'tics done gone foh good, Ma'y Weeze," he said, his round face all smiles.
Mary Louise in the Country|L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
The sun had warmed her body somewhat, and the glistening rheum of frost had melted from all three.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931|Various
He turned toward me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index|Various

The finest species of the family is the Himalayan Rheum nobile, but it is exceedingly difficult to grow.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

British Dictionary definitions for rheum

rheum

/ (ruːm) /

noun

a watery discharge from the eyes or nose

Word Origin for rheum

C14: from Old French reume, ultimately from Greek rheuma bodily humour, stream, from rhein to flow

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