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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Crazy

/(krā"zy̆)/ · Cra·zy · IPA /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/
01 a. Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
  1. 1.
    Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
    “Piles of mean andcrazy houses.” — Macaulay.
    “One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.” — Addison.
    “They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.” — Jeffrey.
  2. 2.
    Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
    “Over moist and crazy brains.” — Hudibras.
  3. 3.
    Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.[Colloq.]
    “The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.” — R. B. Kimball.
Phrases & compounds
Crazy bone — the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone.
Crazy quilt — a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.