balmy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.mi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑmi/, /ˈbɔmi/, /ˈbɑlmi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːmi, -ɑːlmi
Adjective
[edit]balmy (comparative balmier, superlative balmiest)
- Producing balm.
- Soothing or fragrant.
- Of weather, mild and pleasant.
- (informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
- Synonym: (UK) barmy
- 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:
- I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.
- 1958 April 1, Roald Dahl, “Parson's Pleasure”, in Esquire[2], page 148:
- 'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]soothing or fragrant
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mild and pleasant
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colloquial: foolish
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