meshuggener

English

Alternative forms

• meshugenah, meshugener, meshugganer, meshuggeneh, mashuganuh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 2007, p. 59:

     ‘Enough,’ as Tsedraiter Ike put it, ‘with giving satisfaction to the anti-Semites. Just lock the meshuggener away.’

See also

• meshugge