Definitions
Strongly infatuated, foolishly fond, or very intoxicated.
Word origin
From besot + -ed.
Used in a sentence
“Paris, you ſpeake / Like one be-ſotted on your ſweet delights;”
“The few are philosophers besotted with admiration for the sound of their own lecturing voices, visionaries who waste their lives on fantastic impossibilities, or quacks whose ambition soars no higher than our corns.”
“‘They're educating me, man,’ he said about these besotted women, with whom he discussed international politics, South American literature, dance, and the ability of alcohol to induce mystic states.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Completely infatuated”8 letters
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