meshuggeneh
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me·shug·ge·neh
(mə-sho͝og′ə-nə) or me·shug·ge·ner (-nər)adj.
Crazy; senseless.
n.
One who is crazy.
[Yiddish meshugener, meshugene, masculine and feminine sing. of meshuge; see meshuga.]
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meshuggeneh
(mɪˈʃʊɡənə) ormeshuggenah
n
an insane or stupid person
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Noun | 1. | meshuggeneh - (Yiddish) a crazy fool 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 |
Adj. | 1. | ![]() 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 impractical - not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution" |
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