I. noun
or spoon·ey ˈspünē
( plural spoonies or spooneys )
Etymology: spoon (I) (simpleton) + -y; influenced in meaning by spoon (III)
: one who is spoony
a lackadaisical young spoony — Charles Dickens
playing the lover … in the role of a spoony — H.E.Scudder
II. adjective
or spooney “
( spoonier ; spooniest )
Etymology: spoon (I) + -y; influenced in meaning by spoon (III)
1. : silly , foolish ; especially : unduly emotional, sentimental, credulous, or indulgent : soft
spoony enough to let him get off — G.P.R.James
even my jazz is like a spoony high-school kid's — H.L.Cliburn
especially : enamored of or in love with to the point of being spoony — usually used with over or on
spoony over Miss … to the point of idolatry — S.J.Perelman
spoony on a gypsy girl — Thomas Hughes
2. : expressive or suggestive of spooniness
not a spoony lovelorn effusion, but a good, rational, amusing letter — Bithia Croker
spoony ways and looks
III. noun
( -es )
Etymology: spoon bill + -y
: spoonbill