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Meshuggener

//məˈʃʊɡənər// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    crazy, insane
Adjective
  1. 1
    senseless; crazy wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A madman; a crazy person, a nutter.

    "‘Enough,’ as Tsedraiter Ike put it, ‘with giving satisfaction to the anti-Semites. Just lock the meshuggener away.’"

  2. 2
    (Yiddish) a crazy fool wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Yiddish משוגענער (meshugener, “lunatic”, noun). Compare Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”).

Etymology 2

From Yiddish משוגענער (meshugener, “lunatic”, noun). Compare Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”).

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