Synonyms for barmy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bahr-mee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr mi |
Définition of barmy
Origin :- 1530s, "frothing, covered with barm;" see barm + -y (2). Figurative sense of "excited, flighty, bubbling with excitement" is from c.1600. Meaning "foolish" (1892) is probably an alteration of balmy.
- adj silly
- Well, then, hall Hi can say his hit sounds like barmy Yankee nonsense to me.
- Extract from : « The Glory of The Coming » by Irvin S. Cobb
- "If you ask me, I think the blighter is barmy," asserted the Briton.
- Extract from : « The Unspeakable Perk » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- A man shall not be choak't With the stench of garlic, nor be pasted To the barmy jacket of a beer-brewer.
- Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
- 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.
- Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 2 » by Compton Mackenzie
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