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Definition of Meshugga
1. Adjective. Senseless; crazy.
Category relationships: Yiddish
Similar to: Impractical
Derivative terms: Meshuggeneh
Definition of Meshugga
1. Adjective. (alternative form of meshugge) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meshugga
1. meshuga [adj] - See also: meshuga
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meshugga
Literary usage of Meshugga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Hebrew Law of Homicide by Mayer Sulzberger (1915)
"26), that being the proper place for a meshugga (madman) who prophesies. This mode
of branding a prophet whose utterances are displeasing was not a new ..."
2. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: The Text Carefully by Adam Clarke (1837)
"... meshugga, in ecstatic rapture ; such as appeared in the prophets, whether true
or falte, when under the influence, the one of God, the other of a demon. ..."
3. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill (1895)
"She's meshugga — quite mad! Healthy and fresh and mad!" " Yes, you'll drive me
mad," said Hannah savagely. " Let me be ! ..."
4. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"... or nine branched Jewish candlestick (Hebrew) meshugga (ma-sugar): crazy,
insane (Hebrew) meter maids: police women who issued fines for expired parking ..."
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