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barmy
[
bahr
-mee
]
Origin
barm·y
/
ˈbɑr
mi
/
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[
bahr
-mee
]
Show IPA
adjective,
barm·i·er,
barm·i·est.
1.
containing or resembling barm; frothy.
2.
British
Slang
.
balmy
(
def. 4
)
.
Origin:
1525–35;
barm
+
-y
1
;
def. 2 probably respelling of
balmy
by r-less speaker
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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World English Dictionary
barmy
(ˈbɑːmɪ)
—
adj
,
-mier
,
-miest
slang
Also:
balmy
eccentric or foolish
[C16: originally, full of
barm
, hence frothing, excited, flighty, etc]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
barmy
1530s, "frothing, covered with barm" (see
barm
); figurative sense of "excited, flighty" is from c.1600. Meaning "foolish" (1892) is probably an alteration of
balmy
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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