Balmy means pleasantly warm and soft. A balmy evening, balmy weather, balmy air.
It describes warmth with no edge to it, and it belongs to summer evenings more than to anything else. It is one of the few weather words in English that is purely approving. Note barmy, which sounds identical in most British accents and means mad — the two are constantly confused in writing; and that balmy comes from balm, the soothing resin.
1adjectivebalmyPleasantly warm and soft.
“We ate dinner outside on the terrace on a balmy summer evening.”
balmy is a quality of mild warmth.
Balm plus -y, from Latin balsamum, a fragrant resin. Balsam and embalm come from the same resin, and barmy is a different word from barm, the froth on beer.
From balm + y. balsamic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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