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Spooney

Spooney \Spoon"ey\ (-[y^]), a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also spoony.] [Colloq.]

Spooney

Spooney \Spoon"ey\, n.; pl. Spooneys (-[i^]z). A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.

There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney.
--Dickens.

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spooney

a. (alternative spelling of spoony English) n. (alternative spelling of spoony English)

Usage examples of "spooney".

Soon after recovering from the Pip, known in Medical Parlance as the Spooney Infantum, he began to glory in the friendship of an incipient Amazon who wore a Blazer and walked like a Policeman.