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barmy
(also figuratively) Containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm (foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread).
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[T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throwe abroad thy spurious Snotteries, / Upon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, […]
Their jovial Nights, in frollicks and in play / They pass, to drive the tedious Hours away. / And their cold Stomachs with crown'd Goblets cheer, / Of windy Cider, and of barmy Beer.
[H]e stood for a while on the quivering footbridge and watched the rush of dead wood and torn branches and wisps of straw all hurrying madly past him, to plunge into the heaped spume, the barmy froth that had gathered against a fallen tree.
(figuratively) Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.
Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
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"Bli'me if I know wot yer all talkin' abaht. You're all barmy on the crumpet," said Liza indignantly, and, turning her back on them, made for home.
Very foolish.
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