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C — Crapula to Craziness (Part 6 of 6)

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

Various crazes concerning health and disease.
W. Pater.

Crazedness
(Craz"ed*ness) n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

Craze-mill
(Craze"-mill`) Crazing-mill
(Craz"ing-mill`) (kr?"z?ng-), n. [See 1st Craze.] A mill for grinding tin ore.

Crazily
(Cra"zi*ly) adv. In a crazy manner.

Craziness
(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.