From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Barmy \Barm"y\ (b[aum]rm"[y^]), a.
Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. "Barmy beer." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barmy
adj 1: marked by spirited enjoyment [syn: {zestful}, {yeasty},
{zesty}, {barmy}]
2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy}, {bats},
{batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked}, {crackers}, {daft},
{dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, {kooky}, {kookie}, {loco},
{loony}, {loopy}, {nuts}, {nutty}, {round the bend}, {around
the bend}, {wacky}, {whacky}]
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