craze
Meaning
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- craziness; insanity.
- A strong habitual desire or fancy.
- A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
- A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
Synonyms
drive mad
strong desire
passing fashion
hair crack
craze crack
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɹeɪz/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Scots krass (“to crush, squeeze, wrinkle”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Faroese kras (“small pieces”).
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