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Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]

1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. [1913 Webster]

Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]

2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. [1913 Webster]

Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]

[1913 Webster]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R. B. Kimball. [1913 Webster]

Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone.

Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

crazy adj
1: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, demented, distracted, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged]
2: foolish; totally unsound; "an impractical solution"; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working" [syn: half-baked, screwball, softheaded]
3: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: dotty, gaga, enamored, infatuated, in love, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)]
4: possessed by inordinate excitement; "the crowd went crazy"; "was crazy to try his new bicycle"
5: bizarre or fantastic; "had a crazy dream"; "wore a crazy hat"
6: intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"

noun

someone deranged and possibly dangerous [syn: loony, looney, weirdo] [also: craziest, crazier]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From Craze.]

1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.

One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. --Addison.

They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. --Jeffrey.

2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.

3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R. B. Kimball.

Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone.

Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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