meshuga
or me·shug·ga
[muh-shoo g-uh]
- crazy; insane.
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Origin of meshuga
1880–85; < Yiddish meshuge < Hebrew məshuggāʿ
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meshuga
- crazy
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Word Origin
from Hebrew
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Word Origin and History for meshugga
meshuga
adj.
"mad, crazy, stupid," 1892, from Hebrew meshugga, part. of shagag "to go astray, wander." The adjective has forms meshugener, meshugenah before a noun.
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