Meaning & use
meshugana
A foolish or crazy person; an informal term borrowed from Yiddish, often used with affection or exasperation.
See it in a sentence
Only a meshugana would drive three hours in a snowstorm just for bagels.
Grandma called him a meshugana for trying to fix the roof himself at eighty.
A note on using this word
Meshugana comes from Yiddish 'meshuge' (crazy); spelling varies widely, including meshuggener and meshuggeneh.
Words with a similar meaning
foolcrazy person
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