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besottedbe‧sot‧ted /bɪˈsɒtɪd $ bɪˈsɑː-/ adjective   besottedOrigin: 1500-1600 sot ‘to cause to appear stupid’ (14-17 centuries), from sot ‘stupid person’ (11-18 centuries); ➔ SOT - Even more foolishly, the besotted adolescent attempted to extend the relationship, and chased Byron to Geneva.
- Like a besotted love; she thought about her torment the whole time.
- Only a little more indirect is the effect of the same cuckoo genes on the behaviour of the besotted host.
to love someone especially in a sexual or romantic way► love to have a strong feeling of liking someone, caring about them, and being sexually attracted to them: · He stroked her hair and murmured, "I love you."· He was the only man she had ever loved.love somebody very much: · We still love each other very much. ► be in love to love someone very much, so that you think about them all the time and want to be with them all the time: · I think I'm in love!be in love with: · How can you marry Adam when you're in love with someone else?be madly in love/very much in love (=very strongly in love): · We were both seventeen and madly in love. ► be crazy about informal to love someone very much, especially in a way that you cannot control: · Jo's crazy about you. ► fancy British spoken to be sexually attracted to someone, especially someone that you do not know very well: · All the girls fancy Bob.· I think Stevie fancies you. ► have a crush on if someone, especially a young person, has a crush on someone they have an uncontrollable feeling of love for them, especially when there is no chance of having a relationship with them: · It is quite normal for adolescents to have crushes on pop stars.· The only reason I went to church every Sunday was that I had a crush on the minister. ► be infatuated to have a strong and uncontrollable feeling of love for someone you do not know very well, which does not last for a long time: · Ever since she met Rod at a party she's been totally infatuated.be infatuated with: · Teenage girls sometimes become infatuated with their teachers. ► be besotted to be so much in love with someone that you do not behave sensibly or think clearly: · She was too besotted to see what he was really like.be besotted with: · He was obviously besotted with Julia. ► be besotted (with somebody/something)- But when they met John was besotted with somebody else, and when that finished they were already close friends.
- Coffee break fiction Richard was besotted with his wife, Susan.
- John and Keith were not lovers long, but while it lasted John was besotted.
- Langton, 20, was besotted with the young wife of his victim, the jury was told.
- My parents were besotted with each other and always in each other's arms.
- She could see that Mrs Morey was besotted with the Foundling child, and she began to feel sorry for her.
be besotted (with somebody/something) to love or want someone or something so much that you cannot think or behave sensibly:  He’s completely besotted with her. |