Rheumatic
[rʊ'mætɪk]
Definition
(a.) Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
(a.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day.
(n.) One affected with rheumatism.
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Examples
- And it is just poor old Isaac's stiff way of stooping his long rheumatic back. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He was too rheumatic to be shaken hands with, but he begged me to shake the tassel on the top of his nightcap, which I did most cordially. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Rheumatic too. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Your mother-in-law wos a-goin', Sammy, but she's got the rheumatics, and can't; and I, Sammy--I've got the two tickets as wos sent her. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A touch of the rheumatics in my back, said the Sergeant, in a loud voice, as if he wanted some third person to hear us. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Now jump into bed again, or you'll catch the rheumatics. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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