Word Origins:
1570s, "diseased, sickly," from craze;
1580s, meaning "full of cracks or flaws"
1610s, that of "of unsound mind, or behaving as so" [krey-zee]adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est; noun, plural -zies.
1570s, "diseased, sickly," from craze;
1580s, meaning "full of cracks or flaws"
1610s, that of "of unsound mind, or behaving as so" [krey-zee]adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est; noun, plural -zies.
–adjective
1. mentally deranged; demented; insane.
2. senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.
3. Informal . intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.
4. Informal . very enamored or infatuated (usually fol. by about ): He was crazy about her.
5. Informal . intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.
6. Informal . unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.
7. Slang . wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.
8. likely to break or fall to pieces.
9. weak, infirm, or sickly.
10. having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: a crazyreel that spins in either direction.
–noun
11. Slang . an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball: a house full of crazies who wear weird clothes and come in at all hours.
12. the crazies, Slang . a sense of extreme unease, nervousness, or panic; extreme jitters: The crew was starting to get the crazies from being cooped up belowdecks for so long.
Sources I used for origins and definition:
"crazy." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, Historian. 14 Dec. 2010. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crazy>.
"crazy." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 14 Dec. 2010. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crazy>.
