spoony

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Etymology

From spoon +‎ -y. See notes at spoonie.

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Adjective

spoony (comparative spoonier, superlative spooniest)

  1. Enamored in a silly or sentimental way.
    • 1852, Henry Drummond Wolff, Blondelle, page 139:
      "My dear Guy, the fact is, that I can't—force the girl's—feelings. You shall come with us—to-morrow, and speak to her as you like—but—if she does not like you—au'd'ammee! Why you know I can't make her. She—silly child—is spoony, I think, on that cousin of her's, Dalrymple—he, I believe, is spoony on her."
    • 2020, Lorna Locke, Romie's Fantasies (Lakeside Lovers; 3):
      Of course, it was unlikely to unfold on its own. Romilda was shy and Mr. Reeves was a professional. Even if they were absolutely spoony for each other it was difficult to imagine either of them taking that first scary step toward romance.
  2. Feebly sentimental; gushy.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 12, in The History of Pendennis. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      That is why we decline to publish any of the letters and verses which Mr. Pen wrote at this period of his life, out of mere regard for the young fellow’s character. They are too spooney and wild.
  3. Similar to a spoon
    That's a very spoony fork.

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Noun

spoony (plural spoonies)

  1. (informal) A foolish, simple, or silly person.
  2. (informal) A foolishly amorous person.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in The History of Pendennis. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
      Major Pendennis, when the offer of the commission was acknowledged and refused, wrote back a curt and somewhat angry letter to the widow, and thought his nephew was rather a spooney.
    • 1861, Marie Louise Hankins, “The Fascinating Lady”, in Women of New York, page 129:
      Occasionally, a Fascinating Lady catches a rich spoony whom she can manage and control. In that case, she continues to have all her whims fully gratified until Mr. Spoony's fortune is exhausted, and the creditors carry off the off the nice furniture.

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