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MESHUGGENER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does meshuggener mean?
• MESHUGGENER (noun)
The noun MESHUGGENER has 1 sense:
1. (Yiddish) a crazy fool
Familiarity information: MESHUGGENER used as a noun is very rare.
• MESHUGGENER (adjective)
The adjective MESHUGGENER has 1 sense:
1. senseless; crazy
Familiarity information: MESHUGGENER 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 ("meshuggener" 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)
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)
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