besotten

comparative more besotten · superlative most besotten

1. alternativeAlternative form of besotted.

   It was painful for him to sit there, besotten and broken, and listen to others playing.

   1910, Selma Lagerlöf, The Girl From the Marsh Croft, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company

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   ... may have wakened whatever still remained of the gallant and high-spirited Polish nature in this morose and besotten old Stuart.

   1910, Violet Paget (Vernon Lee), The Countess of Albany

   Playwright Marquis devises considerable fun with the vagaries of ignorant and besotten men in contact with an approachable countess and a haughty courtesan

   1930 January 27, “New Plays in Manhattan”, in Time Magazine

   Now, one's mind is immediately brought to trips to Mexico by thousands of drunken, drug-besotten teenagers for "spring break" ...

   2009, The Mixed Blessing: Caritas in Veritate, Part III

1. participlepastpast participle of besot