stir-crazy
adjective
stir-cra·zy ˈstər-ˈkrā-zē 
slang
: distraught because of prolonged confinement
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Stir-crazy originated as a word to describe a prisoner who became distraught after prolonged confinement. Stir is a 19th-century slang word for "prison" that some word historians have suspected to be from Romani stariben, of the same meaning. But a convincing argument of that origin has yet been made. Today, stir-crazy describes any person who has become restless, agitated, or anxious from being or feeling entrapped in some place.
Word History
Etymology
stir entry 3
First Known Use
circa 1908, in the meaning defined above
- disqualifying
- disquantitied
- disquantities
- disquantity
- disquantitying
- disquiet
- disquieted
- disquieten
- disquietened
- disquietening
- disquietens
- disquieter
- disquietest
- disquieting
- disquietingly
- disquietly
- disquietment
- disquietness
- disquietnesses
- disquiets
- disquiettest
- disquietude
- disquietudes
- disquisition
- disquisitional