rheumy

English

Etymology

rheum +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹuːmi/
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  • Homophones: roomy, Rumi

Adjective

rheumy (comparative rheumier, superlative rheumiest)

  1. Of, relating to, or producing rheum from the mucous membranes; watery.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 100):
      Her lips were clammy, but in her rheumy eyes there still burned the light of a vague desire.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 57:
      […] Gately draws himself up to his full menacing height and shines his flashlight in the little homeowner’s rheumy eyes and addresses him the way menacing criminals speak in popular entertainment […]
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