balmy
Weak-minded; touched, eccentric.
“Old Pritchard’s gone a little balmy since his wife died.”
❦ Note: Hotten is careful: balmy meant weak-minded, ‘not insane’ — gentle Victorian mockery.
Weak-minded; touched, eccentric.
“Old Pritchard’s gone a little balmy since his wife died.”
❦ Note: Hotten is careful: balmy meant weak-minded, ‘not insane’ — gentle Victorian mockery.