Crazy /(krā"zy̆)/
Cra·zy
Crazy
a.
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Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Piles of mean andcrazy houses.
One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.
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Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains.
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Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.