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crazy

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/

The English word “crazy” has 10 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
  2. Out of control.
  3. Very excited or enthusiastic.
  4. In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
  5. Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
  6. Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.
  7. Sickly, frail; diseased.

adverb

  1. Very, extremely.

noun

  1. An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
  2. Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.

Etymology

From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”), crackpot. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj).

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