balmy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic.
Pronunciation[edit]
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
- 1958 April 1, Roald Dahl, “Parson's Pleasure”, in Esquire[1], page 148:
- 'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.
Translations[edit]
soothing or fragrant
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mild and pleasant
colloquial: foolish