infatuation
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English
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[edit]infatuation (countable and uncountable, plural infatuations)
- An immensely strong love or sexual attraction.
- 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XI, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 141:
- As to the former, he is under a singular species of infatuation, to render himself thus subservient to the plans of Melliphant. Happily, however, we have effected our escape from them, and are on the road to our peaceful dwelling.
- (obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.
- Something which infatuates.
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[edit]The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates
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An unreasoning love or attraction
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French
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Noun
[edit]infatuation f (plural infatuations)
Further reading
[edit]- “infatuation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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