Standard Lemma guide

rheumy

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːmi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɹumi/
  • homophone: roomy
  • homophone: Rumi
  • rhymes with -uːmi

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rheumatic, rheumic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rheumed

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Especially of the air: damp, moist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary, obsolete, poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

of or pertaining to arthritis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • my creaky old joints
  • rheumy with age and grief

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

moist, damp, wet (especially of air)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the raw and theumy damp of night air

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: räkä- — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Finnish: kuola- — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Finnish: rähmä- — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Hungarian: nyálkás — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Hungarian: nyálka- — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Macedonian: на́влажнет (návlažnet) — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Romanian: urduros — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Serbo-Croatian: реу̀матски — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Serbo-Croatian: reùmatski — of, relating to, or made of rheum
  • Catalan: lleganyós — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Finnish: rähmäinen — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • French: chassieux — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • German: wässrig — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Hungarian: csipás — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Low German: wäterig — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Macedonian: гу́релав (gúrelav) — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Polish: kaprawy — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Swedish: surögd — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery
  • Welsh: molog — producing rheum from the mucous membranes; especially of the eyes: filled with rheum — see also watery