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Added 9 October 2026

craze

/kɹeɪz/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about craze at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

verb

To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.

Origin

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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