besotted

American  

[bih-sot-id] / bɪˈsɒt ɪd /

adjective

1. infatuated or obsessed.

   The besotted mom showed off pictures of her new baby.

   They had one date and he was utterly besotted.

2. intoxicated; drunk.

   We found him besotted with wine.

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besotted British  

/ bɪˈsɒtɪd /

adjective

1. stupefied with drink; intoxicated

2. infatuated; doting

3. foolish; muddled

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Other Word Forms

• besottedly adverb
• besottedness noun

Etymology

Origin of besotted

First recorded in 1580–90; besot + -ed ²

Example Sentences

This is a thronged, esoteric, besottedly allusive novel, one of the most niche things I have ever reviewed.

From The Wall Street Journal

This summer is the 20th anniversary of his U.S. debut — at 24 years old — conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and becoming irrepressibly besotted with the amphitheater.

From Los Angeles Times

Like so many Americans of a certain class and character, he’s besotted with the British royal family and insisted, in defiance of all available evidence, that he was good friends with the late Queen Elizabeth.

From Salon

"Kissing me under the indigo / I begged for the morning sun not to rise / Oh, what a beautiful starry night," she sings, totally besotted, on the ballad Indigo.

From BBC

Then, as now, they're an exceptionally cute couple – tender and funny and clearly besotted with one another.

From BBC