spoonyismn.
Spoony or foolish state or quality; silliness, spooniness.
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the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > sentimental love-making > sentimental or silly fondness > condition of
spoonyism1852
spooniness1856
1852 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 19 340 I discovered her alone,..and..insensibly found myself reduced to the most absurd state of spooneyism.
1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. xiii. 283 His innate manliness of character preserved him from any taint of that quality our argot has christened spooneyism.
1889 Illustr. London News 12 Oct. 454/3 No one since Younge has so understood the ‘spoonyism’ of the young soldier, his sheep-faced manner in the presence of his adored one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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