meshuggener
English
Alternative forms
- meshugenah, meshugener, meshugganer, meshuggeneh, mashuganuh
Etymology
From Yiddish משוגענע (meshugene, adj), משוגענער (meshugener, “lunatic”, noun). Compare משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈʃʊɡənə/
Adjective
meshuggener (comparative more meshuggener, superlative most meshuggener)
- crazy, insane
Noun
meshuggener (plural meshuggeners)
- A madman; a crazy person, a nutter.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 59:
- ‘Enough,’ as Tsedraiter Ike put it, ‘with giving satisfaction to the anti-Semites. Just lock the meshuggener away.’
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 59:
See also
- meshugge