spooney

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A form of spoony — Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone).

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Meanings

adjectivespooney (comparative spoonier, superlative spooniest)

comparative spoonier · superlative spooniest

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spoony.
nounspooney (plural spooneys)

plural spooneys

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spoony.

    “Maggie, you little silly,” said Tom, peeping into the room ten minutes after, “why don’t you come and have your dinner? There’s lots o’ goodies, and mother says you’re to come. What are you crying for, you little spooney?”

    1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
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    Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
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APA

spooney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spooney

MLA

“spooney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spooney. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spooney,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spooney.

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