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spoony en · ADJ

From spoon + -y. See notes at spoonie.

Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone).
- ‘They all laugh at you, you know. They say you're spoony on me.’ 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 58, in Of Human Bondage:
- Even if they were absolutely spoony for each other it was difficult to imagine either of them taking that first scary step toward romance. 2020, Lorna Locke, Romie's Fantasies (Lakeside Lovers; 3):
- "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:
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 1849–1850, →OCLC:
Similar to a spoon.
- That's a very spoony fork.

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
spoonie		alternative	lexicographic
spooney		alternative	lexicographic
spoonier	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
spooniest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

From spoon + -y. See notes at spoonie.

(informal) A foolish, simple, or silly person.
(informal) A foolishly amorous person.
- Major Pendennis, when the offer of the commission was acknowledged and refused, wrote back a curt and somewhat angry letter to the widow, and thought his nephew was rather a spooney. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- Occasionally, a Fascinating Lady catches a rich spoony whom she can manage and control. In that case, she continues to have all her whims fully gratified until Mr. Spoony's fortune is exhausted, and the creditors carry off the off the nice furniture. 1861, Marie Louise Hankins, “The Fascinating Lady”, in Women of New York, page 129:
(alt-of, alternative, slang) Alternative form of spoonie (“person with chronic illness or disability”).
alt of spoonie

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
spoonie		alternative	lexicographic
spoonies	Number=Plur		lexicographic
spooney		alternative	lexicographic

bg влюбен (foolish, simple, or silly person) · bg сантиментален (foolishly amorous person)