infatuating

Variant of infatuate

transitive verb infatuated, infatuating

  1. to make foolish; cause to lose sound judgment
  2. to inspire with foolish or shallow love or affection

Origin: < L infatuatus, pp. of infatuare, to make a fool of < in-, intens. + fatuus, foolish: see fatuous

adjective

infatuated

noun

a person who is infatuated
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