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BARMY
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
Etymology 1
Adjective
barmy (comparative barmier, superlative barmiest)
(rare) Containing barm, i.e. froth from fermented yeast.
Etymology 2
Adjective
barmy (comparative barmier, superlative barmiest)
(chiefly, British) Odd, strange, or crazy.
Synonyms: dotty, goofy, wacko
Usage notes
• in US English, balmy is usual for sense (2); elsewhere this is occasionally found but some authorities consider it erroneous, despite its probable etymology.
Anagrams
• Byram, Mabry, ambry
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
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(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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