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Meshugana

3 stages from Hebrew to English.

Today it means a crazy, foolish, or eccentric person
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Stage 1 of 3
meshuga
Hebrew · ancient
"crazy, insane"
crazy, insane
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Stage 2 of 3
meshugene
Yiddish · 1800s
"a crazy or foolish person"
adopted into Yiddish for a crazy or foolish person
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Stage 3 of 3
meshugana
English · 1900s
"a crazy or foolish person"
adopted through Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities into American English
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