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barmy

[ bahr-mee ]

adjective

, barm·i·er, barm·i·est.
  1. containing or resembling barm; frothy.
  2. British Slang. balmy ( def 4 ).


barmy

/ ˈbɑːmɪ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    eccentric or foolish Alsobalmy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of barmy1

1525–35; barm + -y 1; barmy def 2 probably respelling of balmy by r-less speakers
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Word History and Origins

Origin of barmy1

C16: originally, full of barm , hence frothing, excited, flighty, etc
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Example Sentences

If to many it also seemed barmy, it was a flamboyant, newsworthy sort of barminess.

None of them except Barmy Sid once visited his rooms; nor did he find it at all easy to strike up even a staircase acquaintance.

I've got a sort of a paralytic stroke running up and down my arm fit to drive anybody barmy.

Well, then, hall Hi can say his hit sounds like barmy Yankee nonsense to me.

"Of course, I know you were a bit barmy before you came here, and don't remember anything about it," he went on to say.

It seemed to me a very rummy thing that Tom should have any idea that I was supposed to have been what he called barmy.

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