rheum

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noun

1. a thin discharge of the mucous membranes, especially during a cold.
2. catarrh; cold.

rheum

/ ruːm /

noun

1. a watery discharge from the eyes or nose

Other Words From

• rheumic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rheum¹

1350–1400; Middle English reume < Late Latin rheuma < Greek rheûma ( rheu-, variant stem of rheîn to flow, stream + -ma noun suffix of result)

Word History and Origins

Origin of rheum¹

C14: from Old French reume , ultimately from Greek rheuma bodily humour, stream, from rhein to flow

Example Sentences

The rheum still, sir, nothing else; I should be well seasoned, for mine eyes lie in brine.

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"Rheum'tics done gone foh good, Ma'y Weeze," he said, his round face all smiles.

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The sun had warmed her body somewhat, and the glistening rheum of frost had melted from all three.

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He turned toward me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication.

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The finest species of the family is the Himalayan Rheum nobile, but it is exceedingly difficult to grow.

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