spoony

[spoo-nee]

adjective

spoonier, spooniest 

1. Informal: Older Use.,  foolishly or sentimentally amorous.

   a spoony couple, canoodling on the porch swing.

2. Archaic.,  foolish; silly.

spoony

/ ˈspuːnɪ /

adjective

1. foolishly or stupidly amorous

noun

1. a fool or silly person, esp one in love

Other Word Forms

• spoonily adverb
• spooniness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoony¹

First recorded in 1805–15; spoon (in the archaic sense “shallow person, simpleton, fool”) + -y ¹

Example Sentences

These negotiations of race and class were later reflected in the signage for Whitten’s Workroom 27: a sharply dressed man in the style of a blackface caricature beneath the words “Spoony Bill’s.”

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Tickets are cheaper on the Sunday, at £35, and all its your chance to dance with Scott Mills, Venon Kay, DJ Spoony, Michelle Vissage and Rylan on the decks.

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After taking over the breakfast show, Mills was replaced on his former afternoon slot by Trevor Nelson, whose evening programme was taken over by DJ Spoony.

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Radio presenter DJ Spoony has thanked the NHS and his family after being treated in hospital for a "small bleed to the brain".

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At Addenbrooke's, Spoony was told doctors "need to operate", and ended up spending Christmas Day in hospital.

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Related Words

• amorous