craze
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”). Cognate with Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Noun [edit]
craze (plural crazes)
- Craziness; insanity.
- A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
- A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.
Translations [edit]
temporary passion
Verb [edit]
craze (third-person singular simple present crazes, present participle crazing, simple past and past participle crazed)
- To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
- To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
- To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Translations [edit]
to weaken; to impair; to render decrepit
to derange the intellect of; to render insane
to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane
to break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder — see crase