gaga

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   informal and sometimes disparaging: mentally confused or physically feeble, especially through old age

   By then the elderly teacher had become forgetful and rather gaga.

2. 2
   adj

   informal: wildly enthusiastic or infatuated

   The audience went gaga over the singer's surprise appearance.

Simplified etymology

Gaga entered English in the early 20th century from French gaga, meaning “senile” or “a senile person.” The French word was based on gâteux, a form related to hospital slang gâteur, “bed-wetter.”

Borrowed from French gaga, a nursery-like or imitative formation meaning senile or foolish. English later developed the informal sense 'wildly enthusiastic or infatuated.'

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