spooney

[ spoo-nee ]

adjective,spoon·i·er, spoon·i·est.

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How to use spooney in a sentence

  • It seems to me that it makes a sort of a spooney of a man to be always askin' for what he can git if he tries.

    Sevenoaks | J. G. Holland
  • That mamma knows Mr. Fenwick is spooney, and looks up at times to see that he's going on.

    Somehow Good | William de Morgan
  • I was spooney after Afy myself in those days, and went down there a good deal in an evening.

    East Lynne | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • "Very singular style of person your friend Mr. M'Hale," lisped a spooney-looking cornet at the end of the table.

  • He says he never saw a fellow so spooney over his own sister as I am.