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loony

adj
/ˈluːni/

Etymology

Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y.

  1. inherited from louen
  2. formed as loony — “loon + -y”

Definitions

  1. Insane.

    • loony scheme
    • completely loony
    • They dismissed his loony ideas.

  2. Very silly, absurd.

  3. An insane or very foolish person.

    • Why, there’s hundreds of lunies of the sort to be met in London.

The neighborhood

Derived

loonily, looniness, loony bin, loony dooker, loony left, loony lefty, loonytarian, loonytarianism, loony toon, loony tune, loony tunes, loony van, Maniloony

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