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
Do not make such a show of your devotion, man; don't be so spoony.
From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
If she be "spoony," that means that she is pretty.
From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
All the girls hate him because he is so spoony.
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
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
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