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Infatuated
adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Foolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone); besotted.
"1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Letter 60, p. 40, […] I did not know her then, or I could never have been so infatuated as I was, to a creature so every way her inferior […]"
- 2 Excessively fond of or enthusiastic about (something).
"Before I leave Switzerland I cannot but observe, that the Notion of Witchcraft reigns very much in this Country. […] The People are so universally infatuated with the Notion, that if a Cow falls sick, it is Ten to One but an Old Woman is clapt up in Prison for it […]"
- 3 Foolish, stupid, lacking good judgment (often as a result of some external influence). obsolete
"[…] that people must needs be madd or strangely infatuated, that build the chief hope of thir common happiness or safetie on a single person […]"
Adjective
- 1 marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of infatuate form-of, participle, past
Etymology
Etymology 1
From infatuate + -ed.
Etymology 2
From infatuate + -ed.
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