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Definition of Infatuated

1. Adjective. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. "He was infatuated with her"

Definition of Infatuated

1. a. Overcome by some foolish passion or desire; affected by infatuation.

Definition of Infatuated

1. Verb. (past of ''infatuate'') ¹

2. Adjective. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infatuated

1. infatuate [v] - See also: infatuate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infatuated

Literary usage of Infatuated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... it is not easy to believe that a writer can be so infatuated with the love of falsehood, as to indulge in it at the price of certain detection. id. ..."

2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"We will call the infatuated white man who has undertaken this fool's errand Master Shallow. ... infatuated ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... we see all out as great effects amongst Christians themselves ; how are those Anabaptists, Arians, and Papists above the rest, miserably infatuated ! ..."

4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... we see all out as great effects amongst Christians themselves ; how are those Anabaptists, Arians, and Papists above the rest, miserably infatuated ! ..."

5. My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton (1905)
"infatuated with the Life. Exploration of the Yellowstone in 1839. Afterwards I Visit that Country. Trappers' Tales. My Skill in Sign-Language. ..."

6. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The lead wherewith the monument was made is to be run into bullets, to assimilate with the brains of our infatuated adver- ..."

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