Definition of "infatuated" in English

verb

1. simple past and past participle of infatuate

adjective

1. Foolishly or unreasoningly fond of, attracted to or in love with (someone); besotted.

   • 1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Letter 60, p. 40, […] I did not know her then, or I could never have been so infatuated as I was, to a creature so every way her inferior […]

2. Excessively fond of or enthusiastic about (something).

3. (obsolete) Foolish, stupid, lacking good judgment (often as a result of some external influence).