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loon⋅y

1  [loo-nee] adjective, loon⋅i⋅er, loon⋅i⋅est, noun, plural loon⋅ies. Informal.
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–adjective
1. lunatic; insane.
2. extremely or senselessly foolish.
–noun
3. a lunatic.
Also, looney, luny.

Origin:
1860–65; lun(atic) + -y 2

Related forms:
loon⋅i⋅ness, noun
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loon⋅y

2  [loo-nee]
–noun, plural loon⋅ies.
loonie.

loon⋅ie

  [loo-nee]
–noun
Canadian Informal. a dollar coin.
Also, loony.

Origin:
from the image of a loon on the reverse
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loon·y or loon·ey also lun·y   (lōō'nē)   
adj.   loon·i·er also lun·i·er, loon·i·est also lun·i·est

  1. Extremely foolish or silly.

  2. Crazy; insane.

n.   pl. loon·ies also loon·eys or lun·ies
A foolish or crazy person.

[Shortening and alteration of lunatic, or from loon2.]
loon'i·ly adv., loon'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
loony

and looney; loonie
  1. n.
    a crazy person. (From lunatic.) : I'm beginning to feel like a loonie the longer I stay around here.
  2. mod.
    crazy. : That is a loony idea. Forget it.
  3. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : She's acting a little loonie. Let's get her home before she's sick.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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