balmy
\ BAH-mee \, adjective;
1.mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather .
2.having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves .
3.producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub .
4.Informal . crazy; foolish; eccentric.
Quotes:
On and off and on and off until he was laughing at the magic of the running water and the chicken and bread that lay balmy in his stomach.
-- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun , 2006
Imagine now, while the curtain's falling, that it's a fine balmy day and the smell of clams coming in from the bay.
-- Henry Miller, Black Spring , 1936
Origin:
Balmy is the adjectival form of balm , which originally referred to an aromatic resin and came to mean anything that heals. Balmy entered English in the late 1400s.
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