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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
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)
Made us die with a story she told us of a fellow she was spoony on.
From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)
No use in becoming sentimental or spoony about it.
From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard
The sight of my own little Bill's satchel gives me a turn, and makes me feel spoony to this day.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah
Late walks, and the spooniest of flirtations characterize the Saturday evening.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison
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)
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
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)
Well, of all the spooniest, unsociable, selfish people, you two are the worst.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by Miller, John Maurice
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