barmy
adjective/ˈbɑːmi/
/ˈbɑːrmi/
(British English, informal)- slightly crazy
- The music is driving me barmy.
- We were going barmy trying to get everything finished on time.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense‘frothy’): from ‘barm’ ‘the froth on fermenting malt liquor’ + -y.Definitions on the go
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