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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crazy \Cra"zy\ (kr[=a]"z[y^]), a. [From {Craze}.]
1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken;
falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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Piles of mean andcrazy houses. --Macaulay.
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One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
--Addison.
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They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the
island. --Jeffrey.
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2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered;
demented; deranged.
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Over moist and crazy brains. --Hudibras.
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3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]
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The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. --R.
B. Kimball.
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{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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