Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Infatuated person.

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Tom is totally infatuated with Mary.

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  2. Tom is obviously infatuated with Mary.

    deTom ist eindeutig in Mary verknallt. — Dani6187

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  3. Tom is infatuated with you.

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  4. Tom is infatuated with Mary.

    deTom ist in Maria verknallt. — wolfgangth

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  5. That woman is infatuated with you.

    deDiese Frau ist in Sie vernarrt. — freddy1

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Origin

First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“fooli

First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, perfect passive participle of infatuō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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Forms

plural: infatuates
Singularinfatuate
Pluralinfatuates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
infantB2infantileinfantryinfatuationinfectB2infectionB1
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