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infatuated, ppl. a.|ɪnˈfætjuːeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Made or become utterly foolish; possessed with an extravagantly foolish passion; besotted.
1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. viii. 389 He may grow so infatuated as to conceive himself..a sincere Saint. 1756Ld. Barrington in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 383 Alas! they were as infatuated as their chief. 1778Burke 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. 1863Mrs. Oliphant Salem Ch. v. 94 The infatuated young man made no effort of resistance, but hugged the enchanted chain.
Hence inˈfatuatedly adv., in a way as if infatuated; with excessive folly; madly.
1833Blackw. Mag. XXXIII. 439 Infatuatedly addicted to attempts..which..would prove fatal. 1889Times 26 Feb. 9/2 The government had infatuatedly made themselves the dupes and accessories of..an imposture and a plot. |