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/ɪnfˈætʃuˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

adjective

Infatuated adj. Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.

verb

Infatuate v. t. (past & past part. infatuated; pres. part. infatuating)

To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. "The judgment of God will be very visible in infatuating a people... ripe and prepared for destruction."

To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to be infatuated with gaming. "The people are... infatuated with the notion."

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Etymology of 'Infatuated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Infatuated" Quotes from Famous Books

... different portraits of the man who had so infatuated her and Dolly bought two photographs of Miss Desmond. The other girls said they didn't care for any pictures, and laughed at the enthusiasm of ...

— Two Little Women on a Holiday • Carolyn Wells

... a national enemy. A naval battle in the bay of Actium, on the coast of Epirus, decided the issue. The fight had hardly begun before Cleopatra and Antony sailed away, leaving their fleet to take care of itself. Octavian pursued the infatuated pair into Egypt. Antony committed suicide, and Cleopatra, rather than be led a captive in a Roman triumph, followed his example. With the death of Cleopatra the dynasty of the Ptolemies [31] came to an end. Egypt henceforth formed a ...

— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER

... a new, a pernicious, a desolating activity. Constituted as France was ten years ago, it was not in that France to shake, to shatter, and to overwhelm Europe in the manner that we behold. A sure destruction impends over those infatuated princes, who, in the conflict with this new and unheard-of power, proceed as if they were engaged in a war that bore a resemblance to their former contests; or that they can make peace in the spirit of their former arrangements of pacification. ...

— Political Pamphlets • George Saintsbury

... to-morrow, and to-day they have another performance. The Empress has studied her part thoroughly. The Emperor and the Duke wished me to play some of my own music, but I refused, for they are both infatuated with Chinese porcelain. A little indulgence is required, for reason seems to have lost its empire; but I do not choose to minister to such perverse folly—I will not be a party to such absurd doings to please those princes who are constantly guilty of eccentricities ...

— Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 of 2 • Lady Wallace

... bridle and told him to let go. He held on and rolled his eyes at me. I dare say he imagined he was a gentlemen to be infatuated with. He seemed sure of conquest. One thing certain, he didn't know the least bit about horses. It scared me the way he got in front of Jose. I thanked my stars I wasn't up on Blanco Diablo. Well, Dad, I'm a little ashamed now, but I was mad. I slashed ...

— Desert Gold • Zane Grey

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