Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of barm; foamy.
- adjective Eccentric; daft.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hence Barmy-brained; empty-headed.
- Containing or resembling barm or yeast; frothy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare containing
barm , i.e.froth from fermentedyeast - adjective chiefly UK
dotty ,goofy ,wacko .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- adjective marked by spirited enjoyment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Awards and honors 2010
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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.
40 years after publication, J.G. Farrell's Troubles wins the "Lost" Man Booker Prize 2010
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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.
A Different Stripe: 2010
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Rules and regulations are never anything other than "barmy" and planning strategies are invariably "Soviet-style".
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In London, the Foreign Office says the idea of Britain in NAFTA is "barmy," as it would have to pull out of the EU entirely.
Continental Drift? 2008
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In a further twist to this story, Baker must know that there is absolutely nothing he, as an MP, can do about changing what he condemns as a "barmy" directive.
How we are governed Richard 2008
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BIRMINGHAM MEP Mike Nattrass is determined to prove there are no flies on him by rallying against a "barmy" EU directive outlawing pepper from insect traps.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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Shadow Home Secretary David Davis called the idea "barmy".
Archive 2005-08-01 Kerron Cross 2005
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Mrs Hill described her sacking as "barmy" and said she would be opening a bottle of champagne to celebrate her victory.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Mrs Hill described her sacking as "barmy" and said she would be opening a bottle of champagne to celebrate her victory.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
brtom commented on the word barmy
... that miscible rendering (undistill’d) of sheer barmy Discovery up against hare-brain’d Gossip ...
John Latta, Isola di Rifiuti
December 19, 2006
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word barmy
I'm surprised no one has pointed out how similar this word sounds to Barney. Once I live to see the day Barney goes barmy, I can die peacefully. ;-)
July 25, 2009