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单词 infatuating
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infatuatingadj.

Etymology: formed as infatuate v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈfatuating.
That infatuates or renders foolish.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [adjective] > causing infatuation
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > possessed with extravagant folly > causing infatuation
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c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. liv. 468 The poynted Beame, th' infatuatinge Fire, The Northern Comœts and ye painted Ire.
1660 J. Sharp in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1884) I. 56 Infatuating and ruining distempers.
a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) III. 346 Uncleanness..is an infatuating sin.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xii. 19 They had ascribed the king's conduct to the infatuating beauty of this lady.
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