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Where does “meshugge” come from?

meshugge (English) comes from Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע, from Hebrew שׁוּגַּע — be driven mad.

meshugge (English): crazy, mad, senseless, insane

Definitions

  1. crazy, mad, senseless, insane

Ancestry of “meshugge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishmeshuge—
2Hebrewמְשׁוּגָּעcrazy
3Hebrewשׁוּגַּעbe driven mad

Words derived from “meshugge”

  • mišuge
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