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
In practice, it was, well, a bit barmy.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
He said the rules may "sound barmy" but added that the UK must protect the animals "or posterity will not forgive us".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023
“No, luv. I’m serious. That girl — the barmy one . “Taylor.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Ah yes, the festival of festivals was back after two years of Covid cancellations, bigger and barmier than ever before,
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2022
It revels in building opportunities for daft exchanges, the barmier the better:
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
Only the barmiest of armies could have resisted the urge to stick with the original.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2013
This barmiest of armies seems not to have noticed, but appetite for Wednesday's fixture within the game is somewhere between microscopic and nonexistent.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2010
Grease, in its barmiest days near projuced a more hefty cavileer.
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
Grease, in its barmiest days, near projuced a more hefty cavileer.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances by Ward, Artemus
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