Archaic or dialectal variant spelling meaning crazy, cracked, or erratic; unstable in behavior or condition.
Non-standard spelling variant of 'crazy,' representing older orthographic conventions or dialectal pronunciation. This spelling preserves an earlier form before standardization of English spelling.
English spelling wasn't standardized until the 18th-19th centuries, so historical documents show wild variation in how words were spelled—'craizey,' 'crazy,' 'crazey' all appear, and each reveals regional pronunciation patterns.
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