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Definition of besotted adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

besotted

adjective

/bɪˈsɒtɪd/

/bɪˈsɑːtɪd/

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besotted (by/with somebody/something) loving somebody/something so much that you do not behave in a sensible way
- He is completely besotted with his new girlfriend.
Topics Feelingsc2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: past participle of besot ‘make foolishly affectionate’, from be- ‘cause to be’ + sot ‘someone who is usually drunk’.

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