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- balmy (adj.)[balmy 词源字典]
- c. 1500, "delicately fragrant," from balm + -y (2). Figurative use for "soothing" dates from c. 1600; of breezes, air, etc. "mild, fragrant" (combining both earlier senses) it is first attested 1704. Meaning "weak-minded, idiotic," 1851, is from London slang.[balmy etymology, balmy origin, 英语词源]