infatuatedadj.
/ɪnˈfatjuːeɪtɪd/ Made or become utterly foolish; possessed with an extravagantly foolish passion; besotted.
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
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. viii. 389 He may grow so infatuated as to conceive himself..a sincere Saint.
1756 Ld. Barrington in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 383 Alas! they were as infatuated as their chief.
1778 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 210 What the infatuated ministry may do, I know not; but our infatuated House of Commons..have begun a new war in America.
1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. v. 94 The infatuated young man made no effort of resistance, but hugged the enchanted chain.
Derivatives
inˈfatuatedly adv. in a way as if infatuated; with excessive folly; madly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [adverb]
dotingly1548
besottedly1660
infatuatedly1833
fatuously1876
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > possessed with extravagant folly
infatuatedly1833
1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 439 Infatuatedly addicted to attempts..which..would prove fatal.
1889 Times 26 Feb. 9/2 The government had infatuatedly made themselves the dupes and accessories of..an imposture and a plot.
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adj.1642