rheum

rheum

noun \ˈrüm\

Definition of RHEUM

1

: a watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or nose

2

archaic : tears

— rheumy \ˈrü-mē\ adjective

Origin of RHEUM

Middle English reume, from Anglo-French, from Latin rheuma, from Greek, literally, flow, flux, from rhein to flow — more at stream

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with RHEUM

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, room, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom