Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rheumy

/ˈɹumi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: rheumy
IPA: /ˈɹumi/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery.

adj

Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.

adj

Especially of the air: damp, moist.

Literary; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"So, too-much Cold couers vvith hoary Fleece / The head of Age, his fleſh diminiſhes, / VVithers his face, hollovves his rheumy eyes, / And makes himſelf euen his ovvn ſelf deſpiſe; […]"
"The Northern Breath, that freezes Floods, he binds; / VVith all the race of Cloud-diſpelling VVinds: / […] / From his divided Beard tvvo Streams he pours, / His Head and rhumy Eyes diſtill in Shovvers."
"But were it not curious to know how Sieyes, now in these days (for he is said to be still alive) looks out on all that Constitution masonry, through the rheumy soberness of extreme age?"
"Her lips were clammy, but in her rheumy eyes there still burned the light of a vague desire."
"[…] 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— […]"
"Awoke calm in the morning, clearheaded. Lungs rheumier than usual, though."

Etymology

From rheum + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

Word Breakdown

Root: *srew-
Suffix: rheum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹumi/
British English: /ˈɹuːmi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rheumier (comparative) rheumiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

rheumily rheuminess

Phrases

rheumatic fever bleary-eyed

Frequently Paired Words

rheumatic rheumatically rheumatic fever rheumaticky rheumatism rheumatismal rheumatiz rheumatize

Synonyms

rheumatic rheumic rheumed arthritic creaky rheumatoid

Homonyms

roomy Rumi

Rhymes With

gloomy roomy roomie doomy boomy cumae bloomy zoomy spumy fumy broomy womby

Questions

How do you pronounce rheumy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹumi/.
What does rheumy mean?: Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery.
Where does rheumy come from?: From rheum + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

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