Definitions
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- adjective
Crazy ,insane . - noun A
madman ; a crazy person, a nutter.
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- adjective senseless; crazy
- noun (Yiddish) a crazy fool
Etymologies
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From Yiddish משוגענע (meshugene) adj., משוגענער (meshugener, "lunatic"), n. Compare משוגע (meshuge, "crazy").
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Examples
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The meshuggener from our street who used to bully you.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
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Tsedraiter Ike—himself named after a weakness of the brain that was nearly but not quite the same as that suffered by a meshuggener.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
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I told you not to read that Dostoyevsky and that meshuggener Kafka when you were fifteen. "
'Underground' 2009
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She said, “This Sandy sounds like a meshuggener (Yiddish for a crazy person).
Prom Success Thanks To Mom scott cohen 2008
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After two hours persuading myself I didn’t care where the meshuggener had got to, I thought I had better go and look for him.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
maesepedro commented on the word meshuggener
does anyone know where the stress falls on this word? It could be excellent in lots of ways. But I think best if the stress falls on the 'u'...
November 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word meshuggener
The stress is on "shug".
November 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word meshuggener
It's on hug, mollybear :-)
November 5, 2008