barmy

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  1. adjective Full of barm; foamy.
  2. adjective Eccentric; daft.

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  • “The suggestion is that Ramillies is slightly barmy, I take it No, no, spoilt,” murmured Gaiogi tolerantly. —  The Fashion in Shrouds - Margery Allingham - Campion 10
  • Before the millennium, 'political correctness' became a stigmatizing accusation shrieked by anyone who wanted media time to air their prejudices, whether barmy or not. —  dummy 3
  • Was Mortimer barmy, and that was Colette's dreadful secret? —  dummy 3
  • I used to think women were barmy, forever at mirrors with paints. —  The Great California Game—Lovejoy—Jonathan Gash
  • The wonderfully barmy-sounding project retells the tragedy of Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her Roman lover Marc Antony through the medium of an Elvis-style musical, with music by indie rockers Guided by Voices. —  Empire News
 

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/ˈbɑrmi/
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