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balmy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɔmi/ (US)
  • /ˈbɑmi/ (US)
  • /ˈbame/ (Scotland)
  • /bɐːmi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɑːmi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /-mɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈbɑlmi/ (US)
  • /ˈbɑːmɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /-mi/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From balm + -y. Piecewise doublet of balsamic.

Meanings

  1. Producing balm.
  2. Soothing or fragrant.
  3. 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. 1949 March 7, “Pyramid Club Craze Sweeps Nation”, in LIFE, volume 26, number 10, →ISSN, page 27:
  4. (US, informal) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
    • I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me. 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:
    • 'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket. 1958 April 1, Roald Dahl, “Parson's Pleasure”, in Esquire, page 148:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
balmiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
balmier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unbalmy · balmify · balminess · barmy · balmily

Synonyms

barmy

Translations (54)

ga balsamach (soothing or fragrant) · ru благоуханный (soothing or fragrant) · sga balsamach (soothing or fragrant) · pl łagodny (mild and pleasant) · da balsamisk (soothing or fragrant) · bg смахнат (colloquial: foolish) · pl zbzikowany (colloquial: foolish) · cs vonný (soothing or fragrant) · hu hóbortos (colloquial: foolish) · fi lempeä (mild and pleasant) · fi leuto (mild and pleasant) · de mildernd (soothing or fragrant) · bg мек (mild and pleasant) · pl kojący (soothing or fragrant) · mi tūāhuru (mild and pleasant) · de mild (mild and pleasant) · hu balzsamos (soothing or fragrant) · fi leppoisa (soothing or fragrant) · fr cintré (colloquial: foolish) · da balsamisk (mild and pleasant) · hu illatos (soothing or fragrant) · bg ароматичен (soothing or fragrant) · bg уханен (soothing or fragrant) · de sanft (mild and pleasant) · ru арома́тный (soothing or fragrant) · fi leppeä (mild and pleasant) · fr fou (colloquial: foolish) · cs střelený (colloquial: foolish) · fr agréable (mild and pleasant) · ru не́жный (mild and pleasant) · de sanft (soothing or fragrant) · fi rauhoittava (soothing or fragrant) · cs trhlý (colloquial: foolish) · pl balsamiczny (soothing or fragrant) · pl zwariowany (colloquial: foolish) · cs vlahý (mild and pleasant) · hu bolondos (colloquial: foolish) · pl stuknięty (colloquial: foolish) · ga balsamach (mild and pleasant) · fr bizarre (colloquial: foolish) · hu balzsamos (mild and pleasant) · fi hämy (colloquial: foolish) · de lindernd (soothing or fragrant) · fr doux (mild and pleasant) · ta குணப்படுத்தத் தக்க (soothing or fragrant) · hu enyhe (mild and pleasant) · ta மென்மையான (soothing or fragrant) · fi tuoksuva (soothing or fragrant) · gd cùbhraidh (soothing or fragrant) · bg нежен (mild and pleasant) · ga séimh (mild and pleasant) · cmn 温暖惬意的 (mild and pleasant) · fr suave (soothing or fragrant) · fr embaumant (soothing or fragrant)