besotted

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It opens in a London pub, where Rodrigo is besotted by a boy who "looks like an angel on the walls of Versailles".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

My source remembers vividly that Mojtaba was totally besotted with the apocalypse and was also just a very shrewd, intelligent guy.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

And I felt all the more besotted by him.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer