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besotted

[ bih-sot-id ]

adjective

  1. infatuated or obsessed:

    The besotted mom showed off pictures of her new baby.

    They had one date and he was utterly besotted.

  2. intoxicated; drunk:

    We found him besotted with wine.



besotted

/ ɪˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. stupefied with drink; intoxicated
  2. infatuated; doting
  3. foolish; muddled
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·dz·ٱ· adverb
  • ·dz·ٱ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of besotted1

First recorded in 1580–90; besot + -ed 2
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"Kissing me under the indigo / I begged for the morning sun not to rise / Oh, what a beautiful starry night," she sings, totally besotted, on the ballad Indigo.

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Then, as now, they're an exceptionally cute couple – tender and funny and clearly besotted with one another.

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I could sense this even as a “Star Wars”-besotted 8-year-old.

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It was more common for girls in my year group at school to be besotted with them than not.

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Even though staff have long been besotted with the chick, seeing the love he’s attracted from the public has been an absurd experience, they say.

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