RHEUMY

arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy

(adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis; “my creaky old joints”; “rheumy with age and grief”

rheumy

(adjective) moist, damp, wet (especially of air); “the raw and theumy damp of night air”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

rheumy (comparative rheumier, )

of, relating to, or producing rheum from the mucous membranes; watery

Source: Wiktionary


Rheum"y, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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