barmy
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈbɑːmi/
美 /ˈbɑɹmi/
英文释义
名词 n.
- plural of barma (“a regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems”)
形容词 adj.
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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”).
— [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth, […]
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Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
— [T]he exercise yard of the "barmy fellows," as he called the madmen, (meaning, I suppose, that their brains were in an unnatural state of working,) was but a stone's throw from himself and his rational companions, […]
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Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.
— Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme, / My barmie noddle's working prime, […]
- Very foolish.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Russian бармы (barmy)bor.
English barmy
Borrowed from Russian бармы (barmy).
Russian бармы (barmy)bor.
English barmy
Borrowed from Russian бармы (barmy).
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