adjective
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Etymology
Origin of spoony
First recorded in 1805–15; spoon (in the archaic sense “shallow person, simpleton, fool”) + -y 1
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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
"You called me a spoony," he said through his set teeth.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
Let me add, however, that he was as far as possible from being a "spoony."
From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by Parton, James
Dibdin was off the boards altogether, and favour was divided between the London popular comic song and the sentimental—no longer with any flavour of salt about it, but the sentimental spoony and sickly.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony
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
I arn't ashamed to say I sit and veep To think of Seven Year of keepin Sheep, The spooniest Beast in Nater, all to Sticks, And not a Votch to take for all their Ticks!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas
As a member of the guard he wore a pair of immaculate white duck trousers, which held the "spooniest" crease imaginable.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
There was a catch, a trip, and Mr. Butler went to the ground, mussing the knees of his spooniest pair of white ducks.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Late walks, and the spooniest of flirtations characterize the Saturday evening.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison
Their white duck trousers were the spooniest as to spotlessness and crease.
From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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