After a long, eight-hour drive, we were rewarded with a mild, balmy [ˈbɑmi] evening at our vacation spot on the shores of Lake Erie.

balmy
adj [ˈbɑmi]

Balmy [ˈbɑmi] is an adjective that is often used to describe weather that is warm, calm, and pleasant. It can also be used to describe someone or something (such as an idea) that is foolish or irrational.

The original balm, what Latin-speakers referred to as balsamum, was the oleoresin of a species of balsam tree. In Anglo-French, balsamum became basme and baume, spellings which entered Middle English and later became balm. Balm eventually begat the adjective balmy

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