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Definition of Smitten
1. Adjective. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming. "Awe-struck"
2. Adjective. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. "He was infatuated with her"
Similar to: Loving
Derivative terms: Enamoredness
Definition of Smitten
1. Adjective. Made irrationally enthusiastic. ¹
2. Adjective. In love. ¹
3. Verb. (past participle of smite) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smitten
1. smite [v] - See also: smite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smitten
Literary usage of Smitten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"42. that y« be not smitten 42. lest ye be smitten before ... Israel tras smitten
before 10. and Israel was smitten, ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER LXIX How Sir Tristram was unhorsed and smitten down by Sir Launcelot,
and after that Sir Tristram smote down King Arthur. ..."
3. English Grammar: Including the Principles of Grammatical Analysis by Charles Peter Mason (1878)
"[You] have been smitten Present Perfect of continued action. ... [We] should be
smitten When not preceded by Conjunctions. Singular. Plural. 2. ..."
4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1892)
"Poor Brandon ! he is quite smitten already, and he is very well worth setting
your cap at, I can tell you, in spite of all this tumbling about and spraining ..."
5. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testament by John Brown (1818)
"9 IT When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Ha-
dade/er, 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, ..."
6. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"smitten whilst ravaging a fold, to whom His own might is destruction ; thus
sprang'st thou, 910 Patroclus, ..."
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