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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - loony

 
 

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Loony

loony
~ n informal someone who is crazy or strange  (Her brother's a complete loony.) - loony adj  (loony ideas)
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  (loonies, loonier, looniest) 1. If you describe someone’s behaviour or ideas as loony, you mean that they seem mad, strange, or eccentric. Some people consider this use offensive. (INFORMAL) What’s she up to? She’s as loony as her brother! ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you refer to someone as a loony, you mean that they behave in a way that seems mad, strange, or eccentric. Some people consider this use offensive. (INFORMAL) At first they all thought I was a loony. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   also looney  adjective  (loonier; -est)  Etymology: by shortening & alteration from lunatic  Date: 1872 crazy, foolish  • looniness noun  • ~ noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. & adj. sl. --n. (pl. -ies) a mad or silly person; a lunatic. --adj. (loonier, looniest) crazy, silly. Phrases and idioms loony-bin sl. a mental home or hospital. Derivatives looniness n. Etymology: abbr. of LUNATIC ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. сл. псих 2. сл. рехнувшийся, чокнутый, полоумный ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  coll.  1. noun сумасшедший, чокнутый  2. adj. сумасшедший, полоумный ...
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  - 1853, Amer.Eng., short for lunatic, but also infl. by loon (2). Slang loony bin "insane assylum" is from 1919. ...
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