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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

kahrnah

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ka.mi.ɲeˈi.ru/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rheumy/ˈruː.mi/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O velho marinheiro tinha olhos marejados de lágrimas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of a person's eyes, watery, red, and dull, typically as the result of old age, fatigue, or a cold.

    "The elderly man wiped his rheumy eyes with a worn cotton handkerchief."
  2. 2

    Characterized by, causing, or affected by rheum; watery or mucous.

    "Winter's damp chill brought on a persistent, rheumy cough throughout the village."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'rheumi', originating via Old French from Late Latin 'rheumaticus', and ultimately from the Greek 'rheumatismos' meaning 'flowing' or 'humor'. Historically, it referred to bodily humors associated with catarrh and watery discharges, evolving to specifically describe eyes or mucous membranes affected by dampness, aging, or illness.

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