First Known Use: 1711
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1rheumatic
adjective rheu·mat·ic \ru̇-ˈma-tik\
Definition of RHEUMATIC
: of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism
— rheu·mat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of RHEUMATIC
Middle English rewmatik subject to rheum, from Anglo-French reumatike, from Latin rheumaticus, from Greek rheumatikos, from rheumat-, rheuma
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Rhymes with RHEUMATIC
agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic
2rheumatic
noun
Definition of RHEUMATIC
: one affected with rheumatism
First Known Use of RHEUMATIC
1846
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