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besotten en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈsɑtn̩/ (General-American)
  • /bɪˈsɒtn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of besotted.
    alt of besotted
    • It was painful for him to sit there, besotten and broken, and listen to others playing. 1910, Selma Lagerlöf, The Girl From the Marsh Croft, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company:
    • Now, one's mind is immediately brought to trips to Mexico by thousands of drunken, drug-besotten teenagers for "spring break" ... 2009, The Mixed Blessing: Caritas in Veritate, Part III:
    • Playwright Marquis devises considerable fun with the vagaries of ignorant and besotten men in contact with an approachable countess and a haughty courtesan 1930 January 27, “New Plays in Manhattan”, in Time Magazine:
    • ... may have wakened whatever still remained of the gallant and high-spirited Polish nature in this morose and besotten old Stuart. 1910, Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), The Countess of Albany:

Forms

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most besotten Degree=Sup lexicographic
more besotten Degree=Cmp lexicographic

besotten en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈsɑtn̩/ (General-American)
  • /bɪˈsɒtn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of besot
    form of besot