The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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.