rheumier

Adjective

rheumy (comparative rheumier, superlative rheumiest)

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

   Synonyms:

   rheumatic, rheumic

2. Producing rheum from the mucous membranes; (also figuratively) especially of the eyes: filled with rheum; watery.
   • 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; […]1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “[Du Bartas His First Week, or Birth of the World: […].] The Second Daie of the First Week.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and...

   Synonyms:

   rheumed

3. (literary, obsolete, poetic) Especially of the air: damp, moist.
   • And vvill he ſteale out of his vvholſome bed / To dare the vile contagion of the Night? / And tempt the Rhevvmy, and vnpurged Ayre, / To adde vnto hit^([sic – meaning his]) ſickneſſe?1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...