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MISHEGOSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mishegoss mean? 

MISHEGOSS (noun)
  The noun MISHEGOSS has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activityplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MISHEGOSS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

meshugaas; mishegaas; mishegoss

Hypernyms ("mishegoss" is a kind of...):

craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery (foolish or senseless behavior)

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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