adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- spoonily adverb
- spooniness noun
Etymology
Origin of spoony
First recorded in 1805–15; spoon (in the archaic sense “shallow person, simpleton, fool”) + -y 1
Example Sentences
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Foolish people may have been called spoony because, like the bowl of a spoon, they are shallow and lack depth.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019
Nordica charming vocally, but dramatically there is too much of the Becky Sharp about her, and she is merely in a plot with Martha to let in the rich and spoony Juggins called Faust.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 June 7, 1890 by Various
Poor old Poynsett, I used to think he wanted to be spoony on you, Joan, if he had only known his own mind.
From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
It was a dismal, gloomy sort of hole, and spoony couples seemed to scent it out by instinct, and would spend hours there over a pot of tea and assorted pastry.
From The Observations of Henry by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
They sent me to find Miss Chester—they're going to cut the bridesmaid's cake, and if you two really are spoony, Miss Chester, you'd better not miss it—you might get the ring!
From The Girl with the Green Eyes A Play in Four Acts by Fitch, Clyde
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