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crazed

–adjective

1.	insane; demented.

2.	suffering loss of emotional control: crazed with fear.

3.	(of a ceramic object) having small cracks in the glaze.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME. See craze, -ed²

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—Related forms

craz·ed·ly

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craze

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.

2.	to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.

3.	British Dialect. to crack.

4.	Archaic. to weaken; impair: to craze one's health.

5.	Obsolete. to break; shatter.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to become insane; go mad.

7.	to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.

Metallurgy.

a.	(of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings; worm.

b.	(of an ingot) to develop an alligator skin as a result of being teemed into an old and worn mold.

9.	Archaic. to fall to pieces; break.

–noun

10.	a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania: the newest dance craze.

11.	insanity; an insane condition.

12.	a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.

13.	Obsolete. flaw; defect.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME crasen to crush < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw krasa to shatter, crush

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—Synonyms 10. vogue, mode.

craze Audio Help   (krāz) Pronunciation Key
v.   crazed, craz·ing, craz·es

v.   tr.

v. intr.

[Middle English crasen, to shatter, of Scandinavian origin.]