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/spuːnz/ · adjective
(slang, archaic) Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on)..
"[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced."
[…] she will have grown older and wiser by that time; besides, I'm awful spoons on her—she is the sweetest little thing.
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Spoons means (slang, archaic) Foolishly infatuated with; having a romantic crush on (used with on)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"[…] You look very fit, Grannie, and Jerry says Aunt Mary is too young to be my aunt; I believe he is spoons on her already - what ho! my Uncle Jerry! Come and be introduced."
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