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单词 infatuate
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infatuateadj.n.

/ɪnˈfatjuːət/
Forms: Also 1500s enfatuate, infatuat.
Etymology: < Latin infatuātus, past participle of infatuāre : see infatuate v.
= infatuated adj. Hence as n., an infatuated person.
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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.

/ɪnˈfatjuːeɪt/
Forms: Also 1500s infatuat, 1600s enfatuate.
Etymology: < infatuate adj., or Latin infatuāt-, participial stem of infatuāre to make a fool of, infatuate, < in- (in- prefix3) + fatuus foolish, fatuous.
1. transitive. To turn (counsels, etc.) into folly, to reduce to foolishness, exhibit the foolishness of; to confound, frustrate, bring to nought. Obsolete.
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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.
absolute.1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 6) 130 He..can turne bread into stones: and make wine infatuate, not exhilarate.1755 E. Young Centaur ii. 63 Heaven infatuates, when it determines to destroy.
3. To stupefy (the senses). Obsolete. rare.
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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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