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barminess

noun

Etymology

From barmy + -ness.

  1. inherited from *bʰrewh₁-✻ — “to boil; to brew”
  2. inherited from *bermō✻ — “barm; yeast”
  3. inherited from beorma — “foam or head of beer; leaven, yeast”
  4. inherited from berm
  5. suffixed as barminess — “barmy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being barmy.

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