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   Barm·y

   /ˈbärmē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. mad; crazy: informal British "I thought I was going barmy at first"
   • ▪ extremely foolish: informal British "this is a barmy decision"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘frothy’): from barm + -y1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. barmily adverb
   • 2. barminess noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   Barmy is an informal adjective that means behaving strangely or very silly. Learn how to use it in different contexts, see synonyms and contrast with irony, and find translations in other languages.

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   What does it mean if someone is Barmy?

   • If you say that someone or something is barmy, you mean that they are slightly crazy or very foolish. Bill used to say I was barmy, and that would really get to me. This policy is absolutely barmy. ...a barmy idea. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary.

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   What is a 'Barmy Army'?

   • Over the years, several fan groups or supporters club have been formed in a bid to support their favourite teams or players. Talking specifically about cricket, England’s ‘Barmy Army’ remains one of the top supporters club which follow the England cricket team wherever they go. The term ‘Barmy’ is an English slang for ‘mad’.

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   What is a barmy brain?

   • Therefore, barmy came to be applied figuratively to a person who has a ‘frothy top’, that is to say, insubstantial brains. The earliest attestation of this is in The Cherrie and the Slae (around 1585), by the Scottish poet Alexander Montgomerie (circa 1550-1598): Quhilk boyl’s ȝour barmy brain. Which boils your barmy brain.

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   What is an example of a barmy witness?

   • Examples from the Corpus barmy • However, his appearance in the witness box in support of Gary Blissett in the John Uzzell case was plain barmy. • She obviously thought he was barmy. • I was fourteen then, I'd seen her in National Velvet, and had been barmy about her ever since. • She's barmy as a bedbug.

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   Barmy means slightly crazy or very foolish, especially in British informal speech. It comes from the word barm, which means yeast or foam. See synonyms, examples and word origin.

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   Barmy definition: containing or resembling barm; frothy.. See examples of BARMY used in a sentence.

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   Barmy can mean full of froth or ferment, or chiefly British, balmy sense 2. See synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of barmy.

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   crazy or silly: What a barmy idea! That bloke must have thought you were barmy! (Definition of barmy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   Barmy means slightly crazy, according to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. See examples, pronunciation, word origin and synonyms of barmy.

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   Barmy means slightly crazy, especially in British English informal contexts. Learn the origin, usage and synonyms of barmy from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.