noun
- a crazy or foolish person
Usage: Yiddish origin; informal
Examples
- Don’t listen to that meshuggener – he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
- My uncle is a complete meshuggener when it comes to conspiracy theories.
- She called him a meshuggener for trying to fix the roof in a thunderstorm.
- The old meshuggener next door collects rubber bands obsessively.
- Everyone thought he was a meshuggener until his wild idea actually worked.