infatuated

== English == === Etymology === From infatuate +‎ -ed. === Verb === infatuated simple past and past participle of infatuate === Adjective === infatuated (comparative more infatuated, superlative 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,[1] […] 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). (obsolete) Foolish, stupid, lacking good judgment (often as a result of some external influence). ==== Synonyms ==== (foolishly attracted to): smitten, taken, besotted, ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fatuity fatuous infatuation ==== Translations ====