infatuated
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infatuated
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From infatuate + -ed.
verb
- simple past and past participle of infatuate
adjective more infatuated · most infatuated
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
- Foolish, stupid, lacking good judgment (often as a result of some external influence). […] that people must needs be madd or strangely infatuated, that build the chief hope of thir common happiness or safetie on a single person […]
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| Español | encalabrinado, infatuado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 迷戀 /迷恋 :míliàn |
| हिन्दी | मोहित mohit |
| Deutsch | vernarrt, betört, geblendet, schwärmerisch, verknallt |
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@misc{infatuated_2026,
title = {infatuated},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infatuated},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
