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croony

adj

Etymology

From croon + -y.

  1. borrowed from croon — “a lament, wail; mournful song; low murmuring tune; (obsolete) long-drawn-out sound”
  2. derived from *gerh₂-✻
  3. derived from *kraunijan✻
  4. derived from chrônan
  5. derived from crônen
  6. derived from cronen — “to sing or speak softly, hum, croon”
  7. borrowed from croon — “to utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound; to utter a lament, mourn; to sing in a wailing voice, whimper, whine; to mutter or sing in an undertone, hum”
  8. suffixed as croony — “croon + y”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by crooning.

    • But he is sternly instructed by Charlie to discard this, his only ace, and indeed if Emily even mentions “that croony nostalgia music” to pretend that he knows nothing of the subject.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA