meshuggeneh

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me·shug·ge·neh

(mə-sho͝og′ə-nə) or me·shug·ge·ner (-nər)

adj.

Crazy; senseless.

One who is crazy.

[Yiddish meshugener, meshugene, masculine and feminine sing. of meshuge; see meshuga.]

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meshuggeneh

(mɪˈʃʊɡənə) or

meshuggenah

an insane or stupid person

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Noun	1.	meshuggeneh - (Yiddish) a crazy fool meshuggener 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 fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
Adj.	1.	meshuggeneh - senseless; crazy meshuga, meshugga, meshugge, meshuggener 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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