Associations to the word «Balmy»

Wiktionary

BALMY, adjective. Producing balm.
BALMY, adjective. Soothing or fragrant.
BALMY, adjective. Mild and pleasant.
BALMY, adjective. (informal) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.

Dictionary definition

BALMY, adjective. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy".
BALMY, adjective. Mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope