Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”
zestful, yeasty, zesty, barmy
(adjective) marked by spirited enjoyment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
barmier
comparative form of barmy
Source: Wiktionary
Barm"y, a.
Definition: Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. "Barmy beer." Dryden.
Barm"y (bärm"y), a.
Definition: Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. "Barmy beer." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.