meshugana

[ muh-shoog-uh-nuh ]

nounSlang.
  1. a crazy person.

Origin of meshugana

1
1880–85; <Yiddish meshugener, equivalent to meshugameshuga + epenthetic n + -er-er1
  • Also me·shug·ga·na, me·shug·ge·ner [muh-shoog-uh-ner]. /məˈʃʊg ə nər/.

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