spoony[adjective]Synonyms: simple, buffle-headed, fatuous, foolish, sheepheaded, silly, unwitty, weak-headed, weak-minded, witless
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spoony noun & adjective.
['spu:ni] Also
spooney.
L18.[from SPOON noun + -Y1.]A. noun.
1. A silly or foolish person; a simpleton.
L18.2. A person who behaves in a sentimentally or foolishly amorous manner.
M19.b. adjective.
1. Foolish, silly, soft.
E19.2. Sentimentally or foolishly amorous; expressive of sentimental fondness; sweet
on a person.
E19. ■ spoonily adverb (
rare)
M19. ■ spooniness noun (a) foolishness, silliness;
(b) the condition of being sentimentally in love:
E19. ■ spoonyism noun the state or quality of being spoony
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