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Webster 1913 Edition


Spooney

Spoon′ey

(-y̆)
,
Adj.
Weak-minded; demonstratively fond;
as,
spooney
lovers
.
[Spelt also
spoony.
]
[Colloq.]

Spoon′ey

,
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.