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spooney

spooney is the alternative spelling of spoony.

Meaning of spoony

Adjective

spoony (comparative spoonier, superlative spooniest)

  1. Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone).
    • "She—silly child—is spoony, I think, on that cousin of her's, Dalrymple—he, I believe, is spoony on her."1852, Henry Drummond Wolff, Blondelle, page 139
  2. Feebly sentimental; gushy.
    • That is why we decline to publish any of the letters and verses which Mr. Pen wrote at this period of his life, out of mere regard for the young fellow’s character. They are too spooney and wild.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 12, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
  3. Similar to a spoon.
    • That's a very spoony fork.

See all 5 meanings of spoony

Forms of spooney

Adjective
comparativespoonier
superlativespooniest
Noun
pluralspooneys

Questions about spooney

What is spooney the alternative spelling of?
Spooney is the alternative spelling of spoony.

Words near spooney in the dictionary

  1. spoonerize
  2. spoonerized
  3. spoonerizes
  4. spoonerizing
  5. spooners
  6. spooney
  7. spooneyism
  8. spooneyness
  9. spooneys
  10. spoonfed
  11. spoonfeed

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