béguin
noun
bé·guin
bā-gaⁿ
plural -s
: infatuation
the girl has a béguin for you
W. S. Maugham
W. S. Maugham
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, hood of a beguine (influenced in meaning by s' embéguiner to become infatuated, from béguin hood), from Middle French, from béguine