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barm·y

   [bahr-mee]
adjective, barm·i·er, barm·i·est.
1.
containing or resembling barm; frothy.
2.
British Slang. balmy (def. 4).
Origin:
1525–35; barm + -y1; def. 2 probably respelling of balmy by r-less speaker
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barmy (ˈbɑːmɪ)
 
—adj , -mier, -miest
slang Also: balmy eccentric or foolish
 
[C16: originally, full of barm, hence frothing, excited, flighty, etc]

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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.
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