Transcription
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- [loo-nee]
- /ˈlu ni/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [loo-nee]
- /ˈlu ni/
Definitions of looney word
- adjective looney lunatic; insane. 1
- adjective looney extremely or senselessly foolish. 1
- noun plural looney a lunatic. 1
- noun looney Alternative spelling of loony. 1
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Origin of looney
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; lun(atic) + -y2
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Parts of speech for Looney
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
looney popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
looney usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for looney
noun looney
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
- screwball — Slang. an eccentric or whimsically eccentric person; a nut.
- oddball — a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.
- cuckoo — A cuckoo is a bird that has a call of two quick notes, and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
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See also
Matching words
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