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  • adjective crazy, mad, senseless, insane

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  • adjective senseless; crazy

Etymologies

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From Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, "crazy"), from Hebrew מְשׁוּגָּע (meshugga‘, "crazy"), from שׁוּגַּע (shugga‘, "be driven mad"), שִׁיגַּע (shigga‘, "drive mad"). First started being widely used between 1880 and 1885.

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