Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mashugana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mashugana
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

nonsense; silliness; craziness; garbage

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of meshuggener.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1986. Allen Ginsberg, Bill Morgan. Kanreki: a tribute to Allen Ginsberg, Page 37http://books.google.com/books?id=wWmuAAAAIAAJ&q=Mashuganas&dq=Mashuganas&lr=&ei=oivOSp68OYi0kATv3fHBBQ I seemed to attract old flower children and new age holistic eastern mystic 'mashuganas' ."

Etymology

From Yiddish משוגענער (meshugener).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: משוגענער

Usage

Inflected Forms

mashuganas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

meshuga mishegoss meshugge meshuggeneh meshuggener

Questions

What does mashugana mean?: nonsense; silliness; craziness; garbage
Where does mashugana come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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