balmy

C2+ Topic:Weather & Climate

Also spelled balmly

US /ˈbɑmi/ UK /ˈbɑːmi/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
pleasantly warm and mild, of weather

They strolled along the shore on a balmy summer evening.

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Synonyms

1 adj · pleasantly warm and mild,... mild temperate gentle soft pleasant clement

Opposites

harsh frigid stormy

Word family

Forms balminess

Derived forms balminess

Related forms balm

Etymology

From balm + the adjective suffix -y; balm from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum ('balsam'), from Greek bálsamon.

balsamum Latin bálsamon Ancient Greek

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# balmy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈbɑmi
**IPA (UK):** ˈbɑːmi

## Meanings
1. pleasantly warm and mild, of weather

## Examples
- They strolled along the shore on a balmy summer evening.

## Synonyms
- mild
- temperate
- gentle
- soft
- pleasant
- clement

## Antonyms
- harsh
- frigid
- stormy

## Derived Forms
- balminess

## Related Forms
- balm

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: balsamum
- Root: bálsamon

## Etymology
From balm + the adjective suffix -y; balm from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum ('balsam'), from Greek bálsamon.

## AI Etymology
Balmy comes from balm + the adjective suffix -y; balm from Old French basme, from Latin balsamum ('balsam'), from Greek bálsamon. The historical trail runs through Latin balsamum and Ancient Greek bálsamon. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means pleasantly warm and mild, of weather. Derived formations include balminess; related forms include balm.

## Topics
- Weather & Climate
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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