rheumy /ˈɹuːmi/ adjective3 •Of, relating to, or made of rheum (“thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum”); watery. •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 •(literary, no longer used) 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 formsrheumier · rheumiest