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infatuation|ɪnfætjuːˈeɪʃən|
[n. of action from L. infatuāre to infatuate; cf. F. infatuation (c 1700 in Littré).]
The action of infatuating, or condition of being infatuated; a making or becoming fatuous; possession with extravagant folly; an extravagantly foolish or unreasoning passion.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iii. i, Free from all the uncleanness of diabolical infatuation. 1718Freethinker No. 77 ⁋6 The Infatuation of the Enthusiast, sets him above the Fear of Death. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 169 ⁋14 Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. 1815Jane Austen Emma i. viii, Your infatuation about that girl blinds you. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 97 There never was a more obvious case of mutual infatuation. |