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crazed

  [kreyzd]
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–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, -ed 2

Related forms:
craz⋅ed⋅ly  [krey-zid-lee] , adverb

craze

  [kreyz] verb, crazed, craz⋅ing, noun
–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.
8. 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

Synonyms:
10. vogue, mode.
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craze   (krāz)   
v.   crazed, craz·ing, craz·es

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to become mentally deranged or obsessed; make insane.
  2. To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
v.   intr.
  1. To become mentally deranged or obsessed; go insane.
  2. To become covered with fine cracks.
n.  
  1. A short-lived popular fashion; a fad.
  2. A fine crack in a surface or glaze.

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