i Register
In some senses, rheumy is marked as literary, obsolete, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
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; […]
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.
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: […]