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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
Tommy McArdle, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Sign Up Austin Ekeler, RB, WAS The talk in Washington this season rightfully surrounds rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and his infatuating dual-threat ability.
—Dane Martinez, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
My sense is that people infatuated with this tinpot Marxist analysis enjoy the rush of feeling like the naughty provocateur without paying any real price for transgression.
—Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Igor, increasingly infatuated with Ani, tries to take care of her.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Infatuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infatuate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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