besotten

English

Alternative forms

• besotted

Adjective

besotten (comparative more besotten, superlative most besotten)

1. infatuated

   • Playwright Marquis devises considerable fun with the vagaries of ignorant and besotten men in contact with an approachable countess and a haughty courtesan, ... — Time Magazine, "New Plays in Manhattan", 27 Jan; 1930

2. intellectually or morally blinded

   • ... may have wakened whatever still remained of the gallant and high-spirited Polish nature in this morose and besotten old Stuart. — Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), "The Countess of Albany", 1910

3. intoxicated

   • It was painful for him to sit there, besotten and broken, and listen to others playing. — Selma Lagerlöf, "The Girl From the Marsh Croft", Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1910
   • Now, one's mind is immediately brought to trips to Mexico by thousands of drunken, drug-besotten teenagers for "spring break" ..." — "The Mixed Blessing: Caritas in Veritate, Part III", 2009

Synonyms

• (infatuated): besotted, smitten, taken; see also Thesaurus:in love
• (intellectually or morally blinded): besotted
• (drunk): besotted; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Verb

besotten

1. past participle of besot

   • While you were besotten with Ringera, Mang'eli and Mau..... — archived forum, 2009