pagalee

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adjective

Extremely stupid or foolish; mentally retarded.

OriginHindi पगला →
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Meanings

adjectivepagalee (comparative more pagalee, superlative most pagalee)

comparative more pagalee · superlative most pagalee

  1. GuyanaderogatoryslangExtremely stupid or foolish; mentally retarded.

    My cousin is in 8th grade and he has 163 Instagram followers. How does a pagalee coolie boy like him have that many?

    2015 March 14, @TreezyG, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2024

Origin

  1. Hindiपागल“mad, crazy”
  2. Hindiपगला“crazy person, madman”
  3. Englishpagalee

Borrowed from Hindi पगला (paglā, “crazy person, madman”) and Hindi पागल (pāgal, “mad, crazy”).

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APA

pagalee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pagalee

MLA

“pagalee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pagalee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pagalee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pagalee.

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