stir-crazy

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 12, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>stir-crazy</strong> &#149; \STER-KRAY-zee\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Stir-crazy</em> means "distraught because of prolonged confinement."</p> <p>// Guests at the ski lodge began going <em>stir-crazy</em> after Day 3 of being snowed in by the blizzard. </p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stir-crazy">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Trying to decide what to do with <em>stir-crazy</em> Vermont kids in winter? Maybe they are home from school on break … and want easy, indoor winter fun. There are a variety of places and attractions that will let your child's creativity, imagination and energy soar, away from the confines of their regular space." — April Barton, <em>The Burlington (Vermont) Free Press</em>, 10 Dec. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Stir-crazy</em> originated as a word to describe a prisoner who became distraught after prolonged confinement. <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stir#h3">Stir</a></em> is a 19th-century slang word for "prison" that some word historians have suspected to be from <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romani">Romani</a> <em>stariben</em>, of the same meaning. But a convincing argument of that origin has yet been made. Today, <em>stir-crazy</em> describes any person who has become restless, agitated, or anxious from being or feeling entrapped in some place.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>