rheumy

adj

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

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; […]”

   “The Northern Breath, that freezes Floods, he binds; / VVith all the race of Cloud-diſpelling VVinds: / […] / From his divided Beard tvvo Streams he pours, / His Head and rhumy Eyes diſtill in Shovvers.”

3. 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?”

   “The reumy vault vvill force your eyes to vveepe, / VVhilſt you behold true deſolation: […]”