BESOT, BESOTTED
ADJECTIVES
1600 ► EFFATUATE besotted, infatuated → obs.
1605 ► BEDAZED besotted, dazed, stupefied
1633 ► FATUOUS besotted, foolish, vacantly silly, stupid, infatuated
1734 ► FATUITOUS besotted, infatuated
1848 ► FATUATED besotted, infatuated
1942 ► TWITTERPATED love-struck, besotted; infatuated, obsessed; also, excited, thrilled → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1960 ► WRAPPED besotted with, infatuated by, in love with → sl.
1980 ► PUSSY-WHIPPED besotted with, infatuated by → African-American & students’ sl.
1990 ► SPRUNG (usually ‘sprung on’) besotted or infatuated with → US sl.
ADVERBS
1876 ► FATUOUSLY in a besotted or infatuated manner
NOUNS
1874 ► FATUOUSNESS besotted foolishness, stupidity, infatuation; imbecility
VERBS
1630 ► EFFATUATE to besot, to render dull or stupid → obs.
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