SPOONEY

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
n.

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.