meshuga

adjective

me·​shuga mə-ˈshu̇-gə 

variants or meshugge or less commonly meshugah or meshuggah

: foolish, eccentric entry 1

In Israel today one typically hears two comments about "Talik," as he is universally known: that he is short (in fact, he is barely five feet six) and that he is meshuga.

—Peter Hellman

The former is a smooth crooner, à la Dean Martin, and the latter is a high-energy meshuga comedian, à la Jerry Lewis.

—Roger A. Berger

Synonyms

• stupid
• silly
• mad
• crazy
• foolish
• irrational
• gaga
• dumb
• insane
• daffy
• loony

Examples of meshuga in a Sentence

when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew mĕshuggāʽ

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above