rheumy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite moist, damp, wet (especially of air)
    • the raw and theumy damp of night air
  2. adjective satellite of or pertaining to arthritis
    rheumatic; arthritic; rheumatoid; creaky.
    • my creaky old joints
    • rheumy with age and grief

WordNet

Rheum"y adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913