meshugas
/məʃʊˈɡas/slang
noun
Especially in Jewish usage: madness, craziness; nonsense, foolishness; (as a count noun) a foolish idea; a foible, an idiosyncracy.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), writer and advocate of Jewish causes. From Yiddish meshugas from Hebrew mĕšuggaʿaṯ, use as abstract noun of feminine of mĕšuggaʿ.
- pepperminty
- pepper moth
- peppernut
- pepperoncino
- pepperoni
- pepper plant
- pepper pod
- pepper pot
- pepperpot-like
- pepperpotting
- pepper-proof
- pepper-quern
- pepper rod
- pepper root
- pepper-salt
- pepper sauce
- pepper saxifrage
- pepper shaker
- pepper-shrike
- pepper shrub
- pepper soup
- pepper spray
- pepper steak
- pepper tea
- pepper tree