rheumy

[roo-mee]

adjective

rheumier, rheumiest 

1. pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with rheum.

ˈrheumy

/ ˈruːmɪ /

adjective

1. of the nature of rheum

2. literary,  damp and unhealthy

   the rheumy air

Other Word Forms

• rheumily adverb
• rheuminess noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ˈrheumy¹

First recorded in 1585–95; rheum + -y ¹

Example Sentences

But that bright hot gleam in your rheumy eyes is not the end of our universe, my friend.

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The blue eyes seemed to turn rheumy with regret: When a 2016 video interview promoting the Showtime series “The Affair” revealed a Fraser who seemed dejected and defeated, it went viral.

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The faces in “Funny Pages” are critical to the film’s gestalt, its philosophy and aesthetic, and offer an astonishment of humanity in all its sweaty, wrinkly, frizzy, rheumy, comb-over, tender glory.

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He was a German Jewish refugee, a camp survivor, a prematurely aged, sweet-tempered man with rheumy eyes, who wore a double-breasted blue serge jacket, unbuttoned, and baggy brown pants.

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In a Zoom meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous last week, a waifish figure with rheumy eyes assumed the center of the computer screen.

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