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单词 spoony
释义 spoony
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: spoonbill + -y
: spoonbill
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