rheumy

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹuːmi/    美 /ˈɹumi/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery.
  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; […]
  3. Especially of the air: damp, moist. literary,obsolete,poetic
    — 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?

词形变化

rheumier comparative rheumiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
rheumily rheuminess
相关词
rheumatic rheumatically rheumatic fever rheumaticky rheumatism rheumatismal rheumatiz rheumatize rheumatoid rheumatological rheumatologist rheumatology rheumed bleareyed bleary-eyed

词源

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