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“craziness, crazedness” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

craziness, crazedness
Of the body, imbecillitas: infirmitas.
Of the mind, imbecillitas: animi [ ☞ but animi infirmitas means “want of character”]: mentis alienatio (Cels., 4, 2); or alienata mens (absence of mind in general): vesania: insania: vecordia: delirium: furor (madness). SYN. in MADNESS.

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What is the Latin word for craziness, crazedness?
The usual Latin words for “craziness, crazedness” are imbēcillitās, īnfirmitās, animus; also vēsānia, īnsānia, vēcors. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.