meshugana

meshugana
/meuh shoog"euh neuh/, n. Slang.
a crazy person.
Also, meshuggana, meshuggener /meuh shoog"euh neuhr/.
[1880-85; < Yiddish meshugener, equiv. to meshuga MESHUGA + epenthetic n + -er -ER1]

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