2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly.

Prof. Wilson.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the Šsthetic craze.

Various crazes concerning health and disease.

W. Pater.

Craz"ed*ness (-?d-n?s), n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

{ Craze"-mill` (krāz"m&ibreve;l`), Craz"ing-mill` (kr?"z?ng-) }, n. [See 1st Craze.] A mill for grinding tin ore.

Cra"zi*ly (krā"z&ibreve;*l&ybreve;), adv. In a crazy manner.

Cra"zi*ness, n. 1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

Cra"zy (krā"z&ybreve;), 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.

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