# crazy

Pronunciation: say "KRAY-zee" /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/

## Adjective

1. Wild, chaotic, or completely out of control.
   - Simple: Wild and not under control.
   - _Things got crazy at the warehouse once the orders started pouring in._
   - _The market has been crazy all month, with prices swinging wildly each day._
2. Of unsound mind; mentally ill, deranged, or severely disturbed.
   - Simple: Mentally ill, or not able to think in a normal, healthy way.
   - _The villagers were convinced the hermit had gone crazy after years alone._
   - _He behaved as though he were crazy, arguing with people who weren't there._
3. Wildly surprising or completely unexpected. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Very surprising and hard to believe.
   - _It's crazy how quickly the small startup grew into a household name._
   - _What a crazy coincidence that both brothers proposed on the same day._
4. Extremely enthusiastic about something, or deeply in love with someone.
   - Simple: Liking something very, very much, or loving someone very much.
   - _She's been crazy for the new series ever since the first episode aired._
   - _Ever since his first lesson, he has been crazy about the drums and practices every day._

## Adverb

5. To a very great degree; extremely. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Used before another word to mean 'very' or 'extremely.'
   - _The line outside the bakery was crazy long before it even opened._
   - _Tickets sold out crazy fast after the announcement._

## Noun

6. A person regarded as insane, eccentric, or foolish; a crackpot. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A person who behaves in a wild, strange, or foolish way.
   - _Only a crazy would drive across the desert without packing any water._
   - _The neighborhood crazies gathered to protest something nobody understood._
7. Wild, eccentric, or irrational behavior considered as a whole; lunacy. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Wild, strange, or out-of-control behavior.
   - _By midnight the party had descended into pure crazy._
   - _She brings a little crazy to every meeting, and her team loves her for it._

## Adjective

8. Flawed or damaged; structurally unsound and liable to break apart; ramshackle. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Weak, broken-down, and likely to fall apart.
9. Sickly, frail, or diseased; weak in body. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Weak, frail, and often sick.

## Origin

This word comes from 'craze' (meaning 'to crush') plus the suffix '-y', related to the idea of being 'crazed up', and comparable to 'cracked up' in the sense of having a mental breakdown.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/crazy (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).