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Webster 1913 Edition

(-y̆)

Adj.

Weak-minded; demonstratively fond;

as,

spooney

lovers

[Spelt also

spoony.

]

[Colloq.]

Noun.

;

pl.

Spooneys

(-ĭz)

A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.

[Colloq.]

There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young

spooney

Dickens.

spooney ‎(comparative spoonier, superlative spooniest)

spooney ‎(plural spooneys)

Alternative spelling of spoony
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
  
  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."