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Definition of Spooney
1. a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers.
2. n. A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.
Definition of Spooney
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of spoony) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of spoony) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spooney
1. spoony [n -EYS] - See also: spoony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spooney
Literary usage of Spooney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"Mr. Mould was very much astonished when Little spooney did not make her appearance at
... But the week or two passed, no Little spooney made her appearance, ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1834)
"... his cannisters of sugar and gunpowder (tea), and the spooney spoons, instead
of the truculent rammers, equally good at driving home wad and shot, ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1862)
"In what department is the case of spooney versus More Sharp? Be quick and find it.
Call Luke Sharp and Matchem. Luke Sharp, how is it that you have ..."
4. Pioneer History of Milwaukee by James Smith Buck (1886)
"—Wm. P. Young's Block Burnt—The Sentinel Gets spooney—Wouldn't Call Him Judge—The
Old Market House—An Attempt to Divide the County—Political—The Republicans ..."
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