meshuggener

adj, noun — 2 senses

meshuggener

adj

/məˈʃʊɡənər/ · /məˈʃʊɡənə/

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

1

crazy, insane

meshuggener

noun

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

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.’2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 59:

Related terms: mashugana, meshuga, mishegoss, meshugge, meshuggeneh

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