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MESHUGGENER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) a crazy fool

Synonyms:

meshuggeneh; meshuggener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Senseless; crazy

Synonyms:

meshuga; meshugga; meshugge; meshuggeneh; meshuggener

Classified under:

Adjectives

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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