loony

English

Alternative forms

• loonie, luny, looney (insane)

Etymology

Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːni/

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• Rhymes: -uːni
• Homophones: loonie, looney, luny

Adjective

loony (comparative loonier, superlative looniest)

1. (informal, offensive, derogatory, of a person) Insane.
2. (informal, offensive, derogatory, of a thing) Very silly, absurd.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

• loony bin
• loony dooker
• loony left
• loony lefty
• loony toon
• loony tune
• loony tunes
• loony van

 

Translations

insane

• Bulgarian: смахнат (bg) (smahnat), побъркан (bg) (pobǎrkan)
• Czech: šílený (cs), bláznivý (cs)
• Danish: tosset, gal (da), vanvittig
• Finnish: hullu (fi)
• Macedonian: луд (lud)
• Russian: сумасше́дший (ru) (sumasšédšij)
• Slovak: šialený, bláznivý

very silly — see silly

Noun

loony (plural loonies)

1. (informal, offensive, derogatory) An insane or very foolish person.

Translations

an insane or very foolish person

• Czech: blázen (cs) m
• Danish: tosse (da) c, galning c
• Finnish: hullu (fi), kahjo (fi), kaheli (fi)
• Irish: gealt f
• Macedonian: лу́дак m (lúdak)
• Russian: псих (ru) (psix), душевнобольной (ru) (duševnobolʹnoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: amadan m, burraidh m
• Slovak: blázon m
• Swedish: galning (sv) c, knäppgök (sv) c, tokstolle (sv) c