Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Crazy or senseless activity or behavior; craziness.
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- noun (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Yiddish meshegas, from Hebrew məšuggā‘; see meshuga.]
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At the end of the day the Midterm Roundup is just happy that the word “meshugaas” has suddenly become so appropriate in describing this race.
Midterm Roundup 2009
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Meanwhile WaPo’s Dana Milbank provides the latest take on the Macaca meshugaas: the incident has transformed George Allen from brash cowboy into compulsive apologizer.
Midterm Roundup 2009
chelster commented on the word meshugaas
Also spelled mishegas, mishegaas, mishegoss.
April 12, 2011