infatuate
/ɪnˈfætjuˌ(w)eɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If the mine was a “developed” one, and had no pay ore to show (and of course it hadn’t), we praised the tunnel; said it was one of the most infatuating tunnels in the land; driveled and driveled about the tunnel till we ran entirely out of ecstasies—but never said a word about the rock."
- "I declare the girl seems quite to infatuate the men, and see if trouble does not come of it."
- "[…] wee beggard our selues by hearkning after false riches, and infatuated our selues by hearkning after false knowledge."
- "Heaven doubtless has infatuated these Infidels, and given them up to dote on the grossest Absurdities; other wise they could never swallow such open and notorious Impositions […]"
- "He is infatuate about her."
- "Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Middle English
- First known use: First attested in 1533
Word Breakdown
- Root: infatuate, infatuātus
Usage
Inflected Forms
infatuates (present, singular)
infatuating (participle, present)
infatuated (participle, past)
infatuated (past)
more infatuate (comparative)
most infatuate (superlative)
infatuates (plural)