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MESHUGGENEH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meshuggeneh mean?
• MESHUGGENEH (noun)
The noun MESHUGGENEH has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MESHUGGENEH used as a noun is very rare.
• MESHUGGENEH (adjective)
The adjective MESHUGGENEH has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MESHUGGENEH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Yiddish) a crazy fool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
meshuggeneh; meshuggener
Hypernyms ("meshuggeneh" is a kind of...):
fool; muggins; sap; saphead; tomfool (a person who lacks good judgment)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Derivation:
meshuggeneh (senseless; crazy)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Senseless; crazy
Synonyms:
meshuga; meshugga; meshugge; meshuggeneh; meshuggener
Similar:
impractical (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters)
Domain category:
Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Derivation:
meshuggeneh ((Yiddish) a crazy fool)
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