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
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
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
