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rheumy

[ roo-mee ]

adjective

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


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adjective

  1. of the nature of rheum
  2. literary.
    damp and unhealthy

    the rheumy air

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù³ó±ð³Ü³¾î€ƒi·±ô²â adverb
  • °ù³ó±ð³Ü³¾î€ƒi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rheumy1

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

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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 met my gaze, and his rheumy eyes sharpened.

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Her eyes were sunken and rheumy, pouring out tears.

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