balmy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbɑː.mi/(UK)
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/ˈbɑː.mi/(UK) · /ˈbɑmi/(US) · /ˈbɔmi/(US) · /ˈbɑlmi/(US)

Definition of balmy

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Producing balm.
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adj

  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.”
  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.”
    “'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.”

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Etymology

From balm + -y. Doublet of balsamic.

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