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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rheumyadjective

    moist, damp, wet (especially of air)

    "the raw and theumy damp of night air"

  2. arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumyadjective

    of or pertaining to arthritis

    "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"

Wiktionary

  1. rheumyadjective

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rheumyadjective

    Full of sharp moisture.

    Etymology: from rheum.

    Is Brutus sick?
    And will he steal out of his wholsome bed,
    To dare the vile contagion of the night?
    And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air,
    To add unto his sickness. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

    The South he loos’d, who night and horror brings,
    And fogs are shaken from his flaggy wings:
    From his divided beard two streams he pours;
    His head and rheumy eyes distil in show’rs. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. rheumy

    Rheum (; from Greek: ῥεῦμα rheuma 'a flowing, rheum') is a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep (cf. mucopurulent discharge). Rheum dries and gathers as a crust in the corners of the eyes or the mouth, on the eyelids, or under the nose. It is formed by a combination of mucus (in the case of the eyes, consisting of mucin discharged from the cornea or the conjunctiva), nasal mucus, blood cells, skin cells, or dust. Rheum from the eyes is particularly common. Dried rheum near the eyes is commonly called sleep, sleepy-seeds, sleepy buds, sleepy bugs, sleepy sand, sleepy winks, eye boogers, Sandman's sand, eye goop, sleepy dust, sleepies, eye gunk, eye crust, sleepy men, crusties, dozy dust, or sleepy dirt. When the individual is awake, blinking of the eyelid causes rheum to be washed away with tears via the nasolacrimal duct. The absence of this action during sleep, however, results in a small amount of dry rheum accumulating in corners of the eye. A parent or pet owner may notice the collection of rheum on children and pets they care for.

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  1. rheumy

    Rheumy generally refers to something that is watery, moist or full of tears. It's typically used to describe eyes that are watery or appear moist due to illness or age.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rheumyadjective

    of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rheumy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rheumy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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