Entry Word: balmy

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind <a completely balmy but harmless old man who talked intently to plants and believed they answered back> — see insane 1
2 marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low <a balmy spring day> — see clement
3 not harsh or stern especially in manner, nature, or effect <a pleasant, balmy breeze was all that stirred the wildflowers growing near the shore> — see gentle 1
4 showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment <the balmy notion that such blatant cheating on the test would go unnoticed> — see foolish 1