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[
"brewing",
"brewing#Noun"
],
[
"making",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"bread",
"bread#Noun"
]
],
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"(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”)."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"archaic",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited."
],
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[
"Bubbling",
"bubble#Verb"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
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[
"excitement",
"excitement"
],
[
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"active#Adjective"
],
[
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"excited#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
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"figuratively"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈbɑːmi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɑɹmi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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},
{
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},
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"Southern-England"
],
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}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "penest",
"sense": "containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm",
"word": "пенест"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm",
"word": "vaahtoinen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pénliv",
"sense": "containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm",
"word": "пе́нлив"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pénest",
"sense": "containing, covered with, or pertaining to barm",
"word": "пе́нест"
}
],
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}
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"English terms borrowed from Russian",
"English terms derived from Russian",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)mi",
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"word": "barmily"
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{
"word": "barminess"
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{
"word": "Barmy Army"
}
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"comparative"
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"superlative"
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"word": "sane"
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"ref": "1872, Mrs. Edward Millet [i.e., Janet Millett], chapter XIV, in An Australian Parsonage; or, The Settler and the Savage in Western Australia, London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, page 330",
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[
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"odd#Adjective"
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{
"tags": [
"US",
"informal"
],
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{
"word": "dotty"
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{
"word": "goofy"
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{
"word": "wacko"
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{
"word": "eccentric"
},
{
"word": "insane"
}
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"British",
"Ireland",
"informal"
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{
"word": "wise"
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],
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]
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"tags": [
"US",
"informal"
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"word": "foolish"
}
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"British",
"Ireland",
"informal"
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}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈbɑɹmi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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{
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"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
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}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"2": "ru",
"3": "бармы"
},
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"name": "bor"
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"args": {
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"2": "noun form"
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"name": "head"
}
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{
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"English plurals in -y"
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{
"extra": "a regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems",
"word": "barma"
}
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"plural of barma (“a regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems”)"
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[
"barma",
"barma#English"
],
[
"mantle",
"mantle"
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[
"neckpiece",
"neckpiece"
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[
"encrust",
"encrust"
]
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"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
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"ipa": "/ˈbɑːmi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈbɑɹmi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
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{
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "barmy"
}
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