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Barmy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Full of barm; foamy.

adj. Eccentric; daft.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. dotty, goofy, wacko.

adj. containing barm, i.e. froth from fermented yeast

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Containing or resembling barm or yeast; frothy.

Hence Barmy-brained; empty-headed.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

adj. marked by spirited enjoyment

Word Usage

"It's also fun to find out, via these collected letters, the types of books and movies Farrell was consuming while writing and editing Troubles: Cold Comfort Farm, Thomas Hardy ( "barmy"), The Garden of Finzi-Continis, Easy Rider."

Equivalent

insane spirited

Variant

barmiest barmier

Form

barmily barminess

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

yeasty flighty wacko dotty goofy

Same Context

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