Craziness: alternatives and connections

The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.

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The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.

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A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.

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Jesting; buffoonery.

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To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.

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To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

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Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.

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A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

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The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

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Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

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Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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The quality of being daft.

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The state of being flaky.

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The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

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The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.

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The quality of being foolish.

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The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control.

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Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of t…

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The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

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Folly; trifling.

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