spoony

English

From spoon +‎ -y. See notes at spoonie.

spoony (comparative spoonier, superlative spooniest)

Enamored in a silly or sentimental way; having a crush (on someone).
- 1852, Henry Drummond Wolff, Blondelle, page 139:
  "She—silly child—is spoony, I think, on that cousin of her's, Dalrymple—he, I believe, is spoony on her."
- 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 58:
  ‘They all laugh at you, you know. They say you're spoony on me.’
- 2020, Lorna Locke, Romie's Fantasies (Lakeside Lovers; 3):
  Even if they were absolutely spoony for each other it was difficult to imagine either of them taking that first scary step toward romance.
Feebly sentimental; gushy.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 12, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
  That is why we decline to publish any of the letters and verses which Mr. Pen wrote at this period of his life, out of mere regard for the young fellow’s character. They are too spooney and wild.
Similar to a spoon
That's a very spoony fork.

enamored in a silly or sentimental way

feebly sentimental

spoony (plural spoonies)

(informal) A foolish, simple, or silly person.
(informal) A foolishly amorous person.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
  Major Pendennis, when the offer of the commission was acknowledged and refused, wrote back a curt and somewhat angry letter to the widow, and thought his nephew was rather a spooney.
- 1861, Marie Louise Hankins, “The Fascinating Lady”, in Women of New York, page 129:
  Occasionally, a Fascinating Lady catches a rich spoony whom she can manage and control. In that case, she continues to have all her whims fully gratified until Mr. Spoony's fortune is exhausted, and the creditors carry off the off the nice furniture.

foolish, simple, or silly person

foolishly amorous person