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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
"No;—I know very well the sort of girl that makes me spoony."
From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony
The young fellow was delighted—conceited—triumphant—and, in one word, a spoony.
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace
So me an' Kathleen, we soon got spoony an' wanted to marry.
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood
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
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)
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)
Late walks, and the spooniest of flirtations characterize the Saturday evening.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison
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)
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
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