Dictionary entry

Craze (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Craze, n. 1. Craziness; insanity.

2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

It was quite a craze with him to have his Jean dressed genteelly.

Prof. Wilson.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the æsthetic craze.

Various crazes concerning health and disease.

W. Pater.