loony
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loony, looney or luny (ˈluːnɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , loonier, looniest, lunier, luniest | |
| 1. | lunatic; insane |
| 2. | foolish or ridiculous |
| —n , loonier, looniest, lunier, luniest, loonies, looneys, lunies | |
| 3. | a foolish or insane person |
| looney, looney or luny | |
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| —n | |
| luny, looney or luny | |
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| —n | |
| 'looniness, looney or luny | |
| —n | |
| 'luniness, looney or luny | |
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Word Origin & History
loony
1853, Amer.Eng., short for 'lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2), which is noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in ref. to holders of political views felt to be extreme is from 1977.
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Slang Dictionary
loony definitionand looney; loonie
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
He makes the viewer buy this film's loony premise, and buy it with a smile.
And these highly evolved fish regard their lost relatives not as the loony ones living in a barrel, but as martyrs.
Others label him a dreamer, or worse, a pyramid buff with loony ideas.
No screenwriter could possibly gin up a scenario this delightfully loony, and if one did, no one would believe it.
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