crazinessn.
The state or quality of being crazy.† 2. The state of being broken down in bodily health or constitution; indisposition, infirmity; shakiness. Also figurative. Obsolete.
1. The state of being flawed, damaged, or liable to break down.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun]
vice1398
undisposedness1600
unsoundness1605
vitiosity1647
craziness1664
viciousness1669
disintegrity1861
rattiness1898
spoilage1928
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iv. 177 By reason of the craziness of the roof of their [sc. colliers'] works, which often falls in of its own accord.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun]
unhealc700
untrumnessc897
adleeOE
sicknessc967
cothec1000
unhealthc1000
woe?a1200
ail?c1225
lying?c1225
maladyc1275
unsoundc1275
feebless1297
languora1375
languishc1384
disease1393
aegritudea1400
lamea1400
maleasea1400
soughta1400
wilc1400
malefaction?a1425
firmityc1426
unwholesomenessc1449
ill1450
languenta1500
distemperancea1535
the valley of the shadow of death1535
affect?1537
affection?1541
distemperature1541
inability1547
sickliness1565
languishment1576
cause1578
unhealthfulness1589
crazedness1593
languorment1593
evilness1599
strickenness1599
craziness1602
distemper1604
unsoundness1605
invaletude1623
unhealthiness1634
achaque1647
unwellness1653
disailment1657
insalubrity1668
faintiness1683
queerness1687
invalidity1690
illness1692
ill health1698
ailment1708
illing1719
invalescence1724
peakingness1727
sickishness1727
valetudinariness1742
ailingness1776
brash1786
invalidism1794
poorliness1814
diseasement1826
invalidship1830
valetudinarianism1839
ailing1862
invalidhood1863
megrims1870
pourriture1890
immersement1903
bug1918
condition1920
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes Ep. to Rdr. sig. 2v Her..sisters did condole with her, and deplore the iniurie of the times which did cause her crasines.
1621 Abp. J. Williams in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 166 I have bene much tormented with a flying report of your Lordships crazynes and indisposicion.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 19 The crazines of her title.
1697 J. Locke Let. The craziness of my body so ill seconds the inclination I have to serve him.
3. Unsoundness of mind.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness
woodnessc1000
woodshipc1000
madshipc1225
woodc1275
woodhead1303
ragec1330
amentiaa1398
madnessa1398
frenzy?a1400
madheada1400
maddingc1400
alienation?a1425
furiosity?a1475
derverye1480
forcenery1480
furiousnessc1500
unwitness1527
unwitting1527
demencya1529
straughtness1530
insaniea1538
brainsickness1541
lunacy1541
amenty1557
distraughtness1576
dementation?1583
straughtedness1583
insanity1590
crazedness1593
bedlam1598
dementia1598
insanation1599
non compos mentis1607
distraction1609
daffinga1614
disinsanitya1625
cerebrosity1647
vecordy1656
fanaticness1662
non-sanity1675
insaneness1730
craziness1755
hydrophobia1760
vecord1788
derangement1800
vesania1800
a screw loose1810
unsoundness1825
dementedness1833
craze1841
psychosis1847
crackiness1861
feyness1873
crack1891
meshugas1898
white ant1908
crackedness1910
pottiness1933
loopiness1939
wackiness1941
screwballism1942
kink1959
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Craziness..2. Weakness of intellect.
1843 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) III. 47 It may appear downright craziness to common sense.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 69 Amalric's doctrines, which he characterized as mere craziness.
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