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What is the origin of infatuated?
When we speak of someone being infatuated it very often is in relationship to that person having seemingly taken leave of his or her senses, especially in a romantic context (“he was so infatuated that he could not remember what day of the week it was”). This is fitting, as the word shares an origin with the word fatuous, which means complacently or inanely foolish. Both words come from the Latin fatuus (“foolish”), although fatuous is not often used in the romantic contexts in which we find infatuate. When used with a preposition infatuated is typically followed by with.
Examples of infatuate in a Sentence
Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
From my very first taste of som tum—sharp and crunchy, fresh and pungent, and very, very hot—I was infatuated, obsessed, forever craving more.
—Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
The focus belongs to Dave (Dennis Christopher), a talented cyclist infatuated with all things Italian who — with the help of friends played by Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, and Jackie Earle Haley — concentrates on participating in a big race and trying to figure out what’s next for him.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Carolyn’s father had told police that she was infatuated with a young thug, Paul Fish, 20.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
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“Infatuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infatuate. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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