Значення

значень: 4
  1. (також, архаїчне, переносно)Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread”).

  2. (архаїчне, переносно)Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.

  3. (Ірландія, Британія, архаїчне, розмовне)Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.

  4. (Ірландія, Британія, архаїчне, розмовне)Very foolish.

Ще визначення
  • informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  • marked by spirited enjoyment

Приклади

речень: 7
  1. What's the barmiest thing you've done?

    deWas ist das Verrückteste, was du getan hast?

  2. I don't want Tom to think you're barmy.

    deIch will nicht, dass Tom dich für verrückt hält.

  3. We've realised that our programme of austerity was completely barmy.

    deWir haben eingesehen, dass unser Sparprogramm eine absolute Schnapsidee war.

  4. I think that's barmy.

    deIch finde das bescheuert.

  5. This is so barmy.

    deDas ist so bescheuert!

Походження

From barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, and used as leave

From barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, and used as leaven”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives). Barm is derived from Middle English berm, berme (“foam rising upon ale or beer fermenting; leaven, yeast; foam or head of beer produced by pouring”) [and other forms], from Old English beorma (“foam or head of beer; leaven, yeast”), from Proto-West Germanic *bermō (“barm; yeast”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”) or *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”).

Probably an alteration of balmy (“foolish; slightly crazy or mad, eccentric”), influenced by barm (“foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, and used as leaven”) (see etymology 1).

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Форми

barmier, barmiest
Вищий ступіньbarmier Урок
Найвищий ступіньbarmiest Урок

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Синоніми

синонімів: 174

Антоніми

антонімів: 65

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 2
Похідніbarmilybarminess

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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