balmy
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balmy
- /ˈbɑːmi/ UK
- /ˈbɑːmɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbɑmi/ US
- /ˈbɔmi/ US
- /ˈbɑlmi/ US
- /bɐːmi/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈbame/ Scotland
- /-mɪ/ Scotland
- /-mi/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɑːmi, -ɑːlmi
Where it comes from
From balm + -y. Piecewise doublet of balsamic.
adjective balmier · balmiest
- 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.
- Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric. I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.
