meshuggener

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈʃʊɡənər/, /məˈʃʊɡənə/

Adjective

meshuggener (comparative more meshuggener, superlative most meshuggener)

  1. crazy, insane

Noun

meshuggener (plural meshuggeners)

  1. A madman; a crazy person, a nutter.
    • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 59:
      ‘Enough,’ as Tsedraiter Ike put it, ‘with giving satisfaction to the anti-Semites. Just lock the meshuggener away.’

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