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luny

luny is the archaic form of loony.

Meaning of loony

Adjective

loony (comparative loonier, superlative looniest)

  1. (derogatory, informal, offensive) Insane.
    • loony scheme
  2. (derogatory, informal, offensive) Very silly, absurd.

See all 3 meanings of loony

Forms of luny

Adjective
comparativelunier
superlativeluniest
alternative formloony
Noun
plurallunies

Origin of luny

Diminutive of lunatic with -y.

Questions about luny

What is luny the archaic form of?
Luny is the archaic form of loony.

Words near luny in the dictionary

  1. lunulite
  2. lunulites
  3. lunulitiform
  4. lunulæ
  5. lunumidella
  6. luny
  7. Lunyoro
  8. Lunyu
  9. Lunz
  10. Lunzes
  11. lunzie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: luny (page history and authors); loony (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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