spoony

Foolish people may have been called spoony because, like the bowl of a spoon, they are shallow and lack depth.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2019

"No;—I know very well the sort of girl that makes me spoony."

From Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope

A fellow can't show a nice girl a whole lot of spoony attentions, and then back off, letting the girl discover that he has been only fooling all summer.

From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

As Dick pushed aside the flap and entered his tent, he beheld his chum and roommate, Greg Holmes, now a cadet lieutenant, carefully transferring himself to his spoony dress uniform.

From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

They were, however, known in Parliament in their early days as "young gentlemen who wore white waistcoats and wrote spoony poetry."

From Queen Victoria by E. Gordon Browne

I arn't ashamed to say I sit and veep To think of Seven Year of keepin Sheep, The spooniest Beast in Nater, all to Sticks, And not a Votch to take for all their Ticks!

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood

Their white duck trousers were the spooniest as to spotlessness and crease.

From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Late walks, and the spooniest of flirtations characterize the Saturday evening.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd

As a member of the guard he wore a pair of immaculate white duck trousers, which held the "spooniest" crease imaginable.

From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

There was a catch, a trip, and Mr. Butler went to the ground, mussing the knees of his spooniest pair of white ducks.

From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock