单词 | infatuate |
释义 | infatuateadj.n. = infatuated adj. Hence as n., an infatuated person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [adjective] adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 cangeda1250 foltishc1384 sottedc1386 fond1395 infatuate1471 infonded1567 mally1592 effatuate1600 fatuate1602 fatuous1633 besotted1637 fatuant1641 infatuated1642 affatuated1649 smitten1688 fatuitous1742 fatuated1848 besmitten1873 hipped1895 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession with extravagant folly > person infatuate1934 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy i. xiii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 132 Soe many one doth whych bene infatuate. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Hv Gasynge on the grounde: as one in fatuate. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 19 The dull abusyd brayne, The enfatuate fantasies. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xvi. v. 479 What man..will be so infatuate as to beleeue these lies? 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 223. 1724 R. Welton Substance Christian Faith 443 The holy prophet mourns the infatuate stupidity of that people. 1884 A. Jessopp in 19th Cent. Mar. 405 He often exhibits an infatuate attachment for it. 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (the n.). 1949 Scrutiny 16 210 The earlier criticism of Antony and Cleopatra tended to stress the down~fall of the soldier in the middle-aged infatuate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). infatuatev.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 1533 W. Tyndale Supper of Lord in Wks. (Parker Soc.) III. 234 God hath infatuated your high subtle wisdom. 1655 R. Younge Blemish of Govt. (1863) 16 That I have unmasked their faces, is to infatuate their purpose. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1856/5 That the Divine Wisdom may infatuate the Plots, baffle the Enterprizes of all Traiterous Conspirators. 1724 R. Welton Substance Christian Faith 139 He prays that God would infatuate their counsels. 2. To make (a person) utterly foolish or fatuous; to affect with extreme and unreasoning folly; to inspire or possess with an extravagant passion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > cause infatuation [verb (transitive)] infatuate?1555 besot1583 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > be possessed by extravagant folly infatuate?1555 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (transitive)] > possess with extravagant folly dotec1440 infatuate?1555 ?1555 J. Bradford Exhort. carienge Chrystes Crosse iv. 39 Therefore doth god iustly infatuat them, and maketh them foolysh. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xiii. 160 Those two maine plagues..of humane kind, Wine & Women, which haue infatuated and besotted Myriades of people. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 91 We shall be infatuated in our counsailes. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 278. ⁋1 He has so infatuated her with his Jargon, that [etc.]. 1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 506 He partook of the short-lived joy that infatuated the public. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 35 All the toys that infatuate men..are the selfsame thing, with a new gauze or two of illusion overlaid. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > dull (the senses) [verb (transitive)] > stupefy swevec725 amazeOE mazec1390 dazea1400 fordulla1400 stupefy?a1425 dullc1440 entrance1569 damp1570 daunt1581 stupefact1583 trance1597 astound1600 mulla1616 doze1617 soporate1623 consopite1647 obstupefying1660 dozzlea1670 infatuate1712 smoor1718 silly1859 maizel1869 zombify1950 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 138 The chiefest Things they are us'd for, is to infatuate Birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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