barmyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːmi/, U.S.

/ˈbɑrmi/

Etymology: < barm n.² + -y suffix¹.

1. Of, full of, or covered with barm; frothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adjective] > leaven or yeast

barmy1535

yeasty1599

leavenish1608

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [adjective] > frothy

barmy1535

cocktail1888

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre Gud barmie aill.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L4 That puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth.

c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 256 Like barmy beer in corked bottles.

a. figurative. Full of ferment, excitedly active, flighty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) i. ii. 9 Such barmy heads wil alwaies be working.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Poems (1821) 49 Hope puts that hast into ȝour heid, Quhilk boyl's ȝour barmy brain.

1786 R. Burns Poems 70 Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme, My barmie noddle's working prime.

b. = balmy adj. 7 (of which it is an altered form, after barm n.²). slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective]

sickc1340

dottlec1390

doting1489

dotish1509

feeble-minded1534

weak-brained1535

silly1568

fondish1579

lean-witted1597

soft1621

weaka1661

touched1697

muzzy-headed1798

defective1825

wanting1839

half-baked1842

dotty1860

knock-kneed1865

lean-minded1867

doddering1871

weak-minded1883

ninepence in the shilling1889

barmy1892

drippy1952

dipshit1968

1892 Answers 27 Feb. 242/1 One plan is..to give foolish answers when asked questions. By this means the shammer gets known as being ‘barmy’ (weak-minded) among his shipmates.

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’.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 8 Nov. 2/1 All the boys think him barmy.

Compounds

barmy-brained adj. flighty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]

lightlyeOE

lightOE

lightsomea1425

flying1509

light-minded?1529

tickle or light of the sear?1530

giddya1547

light-headed1549

gidded1563

giddish1566

fling-brained1570

tickle-headed1583

toyish1584

shallow1594

leger1598

corky1601

barmy1602

airy1609

unfirma1616

unballast1622

cork-brained1630

unballasted1644

kickshawa1655

unserious1655

unstudious1663

flirtishc1665

caper-witteda1670

shatter-headedc1686

corky-brained1699

flea-lugged1724

halokit1724

shatter-brained1727

scattered-brained1747

shatter-witted1775

flippant1791

butterfly-brained1796

scatter-brained1804

gossamer1806

shandy-pated1806

shattery1820

barmy-brained1823

papilionaceous1832

flirtatious1834

flirty1840

Micawberish1859

scatterheaded1867

flibberty-gibberty1879

thistledown1897

shatter-pated1901

trivial-minded1905

scattery1924

fizgig1928

ditzy1979

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. vi. 164 Cork-headed, barmy-brained gowks!

barmy-froth n. (figurative) a flighty, empty-headed fellow.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed

light head1536

cock-brain1556

fiddler1591

wild goose1597

barmy-froth1598

knick-knacker1622

nugator1656

shatter-pate1775

feather-brain1776

whirl-brain1817

feather-head1834

date1914

bubblehead1916

airhead1971

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person

flippera1400

butterflya1500

dalliera1568

fling-brain1570

barmy-froth1598

inconsiderate1598

cork1601

cork-brain1630

kickshaw1644

shatter-brain1719

shatter-pate1775

shatter-wit1775

scatter-brain1790

flutter-pate1894

Jack-o'-wisp1896

ditz1984

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person

butterflya1500

wild-brain1580

wild-head1583

humorista1586

wild goose1597

barmy-froth1598

whirligig1602

maggot-monger1607

maggot-patea1640

kickshaw1644

whimsy-pate1654

maggot1681

volatilityship1771

whimship1793

vagarist1888

Jack-o'-wisp1896

Hamlet1903

temperamentalist1924

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie In Lectores sig. B Each odd puisne of the Lawyers Inne, Each barmy-froth, that last day did beginne To reade his little..whit.

Draft additions March 2006

barmy army n. (also with capital initials) British (a) derogatory a political faction regarded as extremist or fanatical; (b) Sport the supporters of a particular team, esp. those known for their raucous behaviour or vociferous support during matches; spec. (frequently as a self-designation) such a group of followers of the England cricket team.

ΚΠ

1987 Guardian 24 June 2/8 Delegates..expressed disillusion with the Labour Party and their resistance to what Mr Paul Gallent from Nottinghamshire called ‘the barmy army of the Left’.

1989 Independent (Nexis) 3 Jan. The best chance fell to City's Trevor Morley and he fired straight at Mervyn Day. The bananas drooped while Sergeant Wilko's Barmy Army cheered, to confirm the happier side.

1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) iv. 65 I could hear those drunken Barmy Army fools singing Rule Britannia a way off in the distance.

1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Review section) 24/1 The ‘Barmy Army’, English cricket's noisiest and most outrageous supporters, arrived in South Africa, raring to go, for the Test series this winter.

2002 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 2 Aug. 8 During the 1995 Tory leadership contest it was Collins who described John Redwood's campaign team as a ‘swivel-eyed barmy army’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	barmy
释义	barmyadj. Brit. /ˈbɑːmi/, U.S. /ˈbɑrmi/ Etymology: < barm n.² + -y suffix¹. 1. Of, full of, or covered with barm; frothing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [adjective] > leaven or yeast barmy1535 yeasty1599 leavenish1608 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [adjective] > frothy barmy1535 cocktail1888 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre Gud barmie aill. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. L4 That puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth. View more context for this quotation c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 256 Like barmy beer in corked bottles. 2. a. figurative. Full of ferment, excitedly active, flighty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) i. ii. 9 Such barmy heads wil alwaies be working. a1605 A. Montgomerie Poems (1821) 49 Hope puts that hast into ȝour heid, Quhilk boyl's ȝour barmy brain. 1786 R. Burns Poems 70 Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme, My barmie noddle's working prime. b. = balmy adj. 7 (of which it is an altered form, after barm n.²). slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] sickc1340 dottlec1390 doting1489 dotish1509 feeble-minded1534 weak-brained1535 silly1568 fondish1579 lean-witted1597 soft1621 weaka1661 touched1697 muzzy-headed1798 defective1825 wanting1839 half-baked1842 dotty1860 knock-kneed1865 lean-minded1867 doddering1871 weak-minded1883 ninepence in the shilling1889 barmy1892 drippy1952 dipshit1968 1892 Answers 27 Feb. 242/1 One plan is..to give foolish answers when asked questions. By this means the shammer gets known as being ‘barmy’ (weak-minded) among his shipmates. 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’. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 8 Nov. 2/1 All the boys think him barmy. Compounds barmy-brained adj. flighty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective] lightlyeOE lightOE lightsomea1425 flying1509 light-minded?1529 tickle or light of the sear?1530 giddya1547 light-headed1549 gidded1563 giddish1566 fling-brained1570 tickle-headed1583 toyish1584 shallow1594 leger1598 corky1601 barmy1602 airy1609 unfirma1616 unballast1622 cork-brained1630 unballasted1644 kickshawa1655 unserious1655 unstudious1663 flirtishc1665 caper-witteda1670 shatter-headedc1686 corky-brained1699 flea-lugged1724 halokit1724 shatter-brained1727 scattered-brained1747 shatter-witted1775 flippant1791 butterfly-brained1796 scatter-brained1804 gossamer1806 shandy-pated1806 shattery1820 barmy-brained1823 papilionaceous1832 flirtatious1834 flirty1840 Micawberish1859 scatterheaded1867 flibberty-gibberty1879 thistledown1897 shatter-pated1901 trivial-minded1905 scattery1924 fizgig1928 ditzy1979 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. vi. 164 Cork-headed, barmy-brained gowks! barmy-froth n. (figurative) a flighty, empty-headed fellow. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed light head1536 cock-brain1556 fiddler1591 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 knick-knacker1622 nugator1656 shatter-pate1775 feather-brain1776 whirl-brain1817 feather-head1834 date1914 bubblehead1916 airhead1971 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person flippera1400 butterflya1500 dalliera1568 fling-brain1570 barmy-froth1598 inconsiderate1598 cork1601 cork-brain1630 kickshaw1644 shatter-brain1719 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 scatter-brain1790 flutter-pate1894 Jack-o'-wisp1896 ditz1984 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person butterflya1500 wild-brain1580 wild-head1583 humorista1586 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 whirligig1602 maggot-monger1607 maggot-patea1640 kickshaw1644 whimsy-pate1654 maggot1681 volatilityship1771 whimship1793 vagarist1888 Jack-o'-wisp1896 Hamlet1903 temperamentalist1924 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie In Lectores sig. B Each odd puisne of the Lawyers Inne, Each barmy-froth, that last day did beginne To reade his little..whit. Draft additions March 2006 barmy army n. (also with capital initials) British (a) derogatory a political faction regarded as extremist or fanatical; (b) Sport the supporters of a particular team, esp. those known for their raucous behaviour or vociferous support during matches; spec. (frequently as a self-designation) such a group of followers of the England cricket team. ΚΠ 1987 Guardian 24 June 2/8 Delegates..expressed disillusion with the Labour Party and their resistance to what Mr Paul Gallent from Nottinghamshire called ‘the barmy army of the Left’. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 3 Jan. The best chance fell to City's Trevor Morley and he fired straight at Mervyn Day. The bananas drooped while Sergeant Wilko's Barmy Army cheered, to confirm the happier side. 1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) iv. 65 I could hear those drunken Barmy Army fools singing Rule Britannia a way off in the distance. 1996 Sunday Tel. 4 Feb. (Review section) 24/1 The ‘Barmy Army’, English cricket's noisiest and most outrageous supporters, arrived in South Africa, raring to go, for the Test series this winter. 2002 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 2 Aug. 8 During the 1995 Tory leadership contest it was Collins who described John Redwood's campaign team as a ‘swivel-eyed barmy army’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1535
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