/ˈbɑː.mi/, /ˈbɑmi/, /ˈbɔmi/
OriginFrom balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic.
- Producing balm.
- Soothing or fragrant.
- Of weather, mild and pleasant.
“The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California.”
- US, informalFoolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
“I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.”
“'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.”
Formsbalmier(comparative) · balmiest(superlative)