MESHUGGENEH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meshuggeneh mean? 

• MESHUGGENEH (noun)
  The noun MESHUGGENEH has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) a crazy fool

  Familiarity information: MESHUGGENEH used as a noun is very rare.

• MESHUGGENEH (adjective)
  The adjective MESHUGGENEH has 1 sense:

1. senseless; crazy

  Familiarity information: MESHUGGENEH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESHUGGENEH (noun)

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)

• MESHUGGENEH (adjective)

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)