barmy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of barmy
1525–35; barm + -y 1; barmy def. 2 probably respelling of balmy by r-less speakers
Example Sentences
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Predicting the weather over the next 72 hours, Krick favors what might generously be termed a historically informed approach and what might ungenerously be dubbed barmy pseudoscience.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
That may sound barmy, what with all the ships being deployed in and around the Arabian Sea for weeks already, and reports that the military is running out of munitions.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
How barmy is it to fly thousands of people half-way around the world to sit in giant air-conditioned tents to argue about commas, and interpretations of convoluted words?
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
In practice, it was, well, a bit barmy.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025
Dobby whispered, “He said we is free to call him a — a barmy old codger if we likes, sir!”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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