Craze

Definitions

1. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
2. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
3. A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
4. Craziness; insanity.
   archaic

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Examples

“Winemaking was a huge craze in the 1970s, when affordable package holidays to the continent gave people a taste⟳ for winedrinking, but the recession made it hard to afford⟳ off-license prices back home.”

“‘A poor fellow with a craze, sir,’ said Mr. Dick, ‘a simpleton, a weak-minded person […] may do what wonderful people may not do. […]’”

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