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barmy (adj.)
1530s, "frothing, covered with barm;" see
barm
+
-y
(2). Figurative sense of "excited, flighty, bubbling with excitement" is from c. 1600. Meaning "foolish" (1892) is probably an alteration of
balmy
.
