Dictionary

loony en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈluːni/
• (Canada) audio

Etymology

Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal, of a person, offensive) Insane.
   • The movie is full of loony characters.
   • loony scheme
   • completely loony
   • CNN’s Christiane Amanpour took the press corps’ Trumpphobia a loony step further last week, saying the former real estate mogul represents an “existential threat” to the media. She’s apparently fearful that they’re all going to end up “in handcuffs, in cages, in kangaroo courts, in prison … and then who knows?” 2016 November 28, Steve Tobak, “The Media Is Overcome With Trumpphobia”, in Fox Business, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
   • They dismissed his loony ideas.
2. (derogatory, informal, of a thing, offensive) Very silly, absurd.

Forms

Deriveds

loony van · loonily · loony toon · loony dooker · loony left · looniness · Maniloony · loonytarian · loony tunes · loony lefty · loony tune · loony bin · loonytarianism

Relateds

lunacy

Translations (14)

cy lloerig (insane) · da gal (insane) · sk šialený (insane) · sk bláznivý (insane) · bg побъркан (insane) · cs šílený (insane) · da vanvittig (insane) · mk луд (insane) · fi hullu (insane) · da tosset (insane) · ota دلی (insane) · bg смахнат (insane) · ru сумасше́дший (insane) · cs bláznivý (insane)

loony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈluːni/
• (Canada) audio

Etymology

Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal, offensive) An insane or very foolish person.
   • Why, there’s hundreds of lunies of the sort to be met in London. 1913, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger:

Forms

Translations (20)

gd burraidh (an insane or very foolish person) · gd amadan (an insane or very foolish person) · da tosse (an insane or very foolish person) · fi kahjo (an insane or very foolish person) · ga gealt (an insane or very foolish person) · sv tokstolle (an insane or very foolish person) · sv galning (an insane or very foolish person) · sv knäppgök (an insane or very foolish person) · mk лу́дак (an insane or very foolish person) · fi hullu (an insane or very foolish person) · da galning (an insane or very foolish person) · cs blázen (an insane or very foolish person) · bg куку (an insane or very foolish person) · sk blázon (an insane or very foolish person) · ru душевнобольной (an insane or very foolish person) · cy lloerig (an insane or very foolish person) · ru псих (an insane or very foolish person) · ota دلی (an insane or very foolish person) · fi kaheli (an insane or very foolish person) · bg психар (an insane or very foolish person)