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Crazy   /krˈeɪzi/   Listen
adjective
Crazy  adj.  
1.
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."
2.
Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. "Over moist and crazy brains."
3.
Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. (Colloq.) "The girls were crazy to be introduced to him."
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.





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"Crazy" Quotes from Famous Books



... look and behave less like a crazy child, I will hear what you have to say. Where did you get ...
— When Grandmamma Was New - The Story of a Virginia Childhood • Marion Harland
... if he stands by his crazy words, he'll still be a poor man with nothing but his pay to live on. He'll sacrifice one of ...
— "The Pomp of Yesterday" • Joseph Hocking
... admirable order, and set with flowers of the most delicious perfume, he beheld the back of a house. It was of considerable extent, and plainly habitable; but, in odd contrast to the grounds, it was crazy, ill-kept, and of a mean appearance. On all other sides the circuit of the garden wall ...
— New Arabian Nights • Robert Louis Stevenson
... elapsed before Benda heard from Doermaul: "Incomprehensible stuff! Crazy attempt to be original! You couldn't coax a dog away from the stove with ...
— The Goose Man • Jacob Wassermann
... an outbreak of delighted cries from the children and Mrs. Pritchard said deprecatingly, "You know, Abby, there never was children yet that wasn't crazy 'bout old-timey stories. I remember how I used to hang onto Aunt Debby's skirts and beg her to ...
— Hillsboro People • Dorothy Canfield


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