barmily

barmily
barmy ADJECTIVE (barmier, barmiest) informal, chiefly Brit. extremely foolish; mad.
DERIVATIVES barmily adverb barminess noun.
ORIGIN originally in the sense «frothy»: from BARM(Cf. ↑B).

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