a. [ From Craze. ] 1. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe. [ 1913 Webster ] Piles of mean andcrazy houses. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged. [ 1913 Webster ] Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. R. B. Kimball. [ 1913 Webster ]
Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone. --
Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]
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