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béguin

/beˈɡiːn/

Where it comes from

Colloquial French béguin (“bonnet”). The verb embéguiner (“to wear a bonnet”) came to mean ‘to have a crush on someone’. The word itself came from beguine (lay nuns who typically wore such bonnets).

noun béguins

An infatuation or fancy. Then he said: 'But what does Ata say to it?' 'It appears that she has a beguin for you,' I said. 'She's willing if you are. Shall I call her?'

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noun an infatuation or fancy

Русский	стра́сть strástʹ

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"béguin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/b%C3%A9guin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{be_guin_2026,
  title = {béguin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/b%C3%A9guin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}