单词 | barminess |
释义 | barminessn. Weakness of intellect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] frailtyc1384 doting1440 barrenness1552 dottry1576 dotishness1598 feeble-mindedness1619 unfurniture1640 ungiftedness1647 flaccidity1778 weak-mindedness1854 flabbiness1883 touchedness1883 dottiness1885 barminess1896 dodderingness1915 moronism1922 1896 Westm. Gaz. 30 May 8/1 Should not ‘balmy’ be ‘barmy’? I have known a person of weak intellect called ‘Barmy Billy’... The prisoner..meant to simulate semi-idiocy, or ‘barminess’, not ‘balminess’. 1908 E. V. Lucas Over Bemerton's vi. 60 I heard what sounded like a sarcastic sniff deprecative of her uncle's barminess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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