infatuate
Meanings
Plural: infatuates
Verb
- arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
- "His new car has infatuated him"
- "love has infatuated her"
- To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm.
- To make foolish.
Adj
- Infatuated, foolishly attracted to someone.
- Foolish, lacking good judgement.
Noun
- Infatuated person.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, past participle of infatuō.
Scrabble Score: 12
infatuate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordinfatuate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
infatuate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
infatuate is a valid Words With Friends word