barmy的词源

英文词源

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.

中文词源

barmy：发疯的

barm, 发酵，泡沫，词源同brew, 酿造。指充满泡沫的，口吐白沫的，发疯的。

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