different between rhematic vs rheumatic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (rh?matikós, “verbal, pertaining to verbs”), from Ancient Greek ?????- (rh?mat-), ???? (rhêma, “verb (grammar), word”) + -???? (-ikós, “-ic; suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to, in the manner of’”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i??mat?k/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???mæt?k/, /?i-/, /-?mæ??k/
• Hyphenation: rhe?ma?tic

Noun

rhematic (countable and uncountable, plural rhematics)

1. (linguistics) The provision of new information regarding the current theme.
2. (chiefly linguistics, obsolete, rare) In the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834): the doctrine or study of arranging words into sentences clearly.

Adjective

rhematic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a rheme.
   1. (linguistics) Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme.
   2. (Peircean semiotics) Of or pertaining to a sumisign (a sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark).
2. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to word formation.
3. (obsolete, rare) In Coleridge's work: relating to the arrangement of words into sentences clearly.
4. (grammar, obsolete, rare) Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb.

Synonyms

• (derived from a verb): verbal

Further reading

• Rheme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mechitar, athermic

English

Etymology

From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (rheumatikós), from ????? (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ??? (rhé?, “I flow”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?u??mæt?k/

  Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

rheumatic (comparative more rheumatic, superlative most rheumatic)

1. Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
2. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

Derived terms

• rheumatically
• rheumatic fever

Related terms

• rheumaticky
• rheumatics

Translations

Noun

rheumatic (plural rheumatics)

1. (rare) A person suffering from rheumatism
   • 1890, The American practitioner, Volumes 9-10

     It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation.

Translations

Anagrams

• hematuric