battiness
State of craziness
Battiness is eccentric or slightly crazy behavior.
The word derives from the phrase bats in the belfry—the image of bats fluttering chaotically in a church bell tower, suggesting a disordered mind.
It carries an affectionate tone, describing harmless oddity rather than serious mental disturbance: Her battiness made her the neighborhood's favorite eccentric.
Mental derangement or folly
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
- crazinessMental instability or absurdity
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
unhinged · crazed · irrationality · mental · touched · addled · demented · unbalanced
Unconventional in character
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- oddballEccentric individual
- kookyOddball in manner
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
whimsical · idiosyncratic · offbeat · peculiar · zany · outlandish · bohemian · nonconformist
madness
Mental derangement or folly
- lunacyExtreme irrational foolishness
- crazinessMental instability or absurdity
- derangementDisturbed mental state
delirium · unhinged · crazed · irrationality · mental · touched · addled · demented · unbalanced · unsound
eccentric
Unconventional in character
unconventional · whimsical · idiosyncratic · offbeat · peculiar · zany · outlandish · bohemian · nonconformist · flaky
silliness
Frivolous, absurd behavior
- zaninessState of absurd silliness
- goofinessPlayful, harmless foolishness
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
wackiness · daftness · foolishness · ridiculousness · comical · laughable · ludicrous · farcical · clowning · buffoonery
battinesssanity
Mental soundness
reason · rationality · lucidity · clarity · clear-headedness
battinessnormalcy
State of being typical
normality · conventionality · ordinariness · staidness · conformity