Meshuggener, noun, adjective

informal : a foolish or crazy person

In a sentence: Find me one congressman that isn’t a grade A meshuggener—just one!

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Scaramouch, noun
or scaramouche
1: usually capitalized: stock character in the Italian commedia dell’ arte
2 a: a cowardly buffoon : ne’er-do-well
2 b: rascal, scamp

In a sentence: That scaramouch can be relied upon for a good fandango and very little else.

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Maladroit, adjective

1: marked by a lack of dexterity or skill : clumsy
2: revealing a lack of perception, judgment, or finesse : tactless, inept, bungling

In a sentence: Nymphadora Tonks is a perfect example of a maladroit person, in both senses of the word!

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Semantic Satiation, noun
psychological phenomenon: repetition of a word causes the listener/reader to temporarily process it as nonsense.

In a sentence: If you write "their" repeatedly, it stops looking like a word; that's semantic satiation.

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MacGuffin, noun

object, event, or person in a narrative that, while usually not important in itself, sets and keeps the plot in motion.

Origin: coined by Alfred Hitchcock

In a sentence: Monty Python uses the Holy Grail as a blatant MacGuffin.
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Mazarine, noun
1: a deep dish often of metal; *especially*: one formerly used as a liner for a serving dish
2: mazarine blue
3: mazarine hood: a hood worn by women in the 17th century

In a sentence: I found an old mazarine in that junk shop down the road.

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