besotten
UK/bɪˈsɒtn̩/US/bɪˈsɑtn̩/
besotten is the alternative form of besotted.
besotten is the past participle of besot.
Meaning of besotted
Adjective
besotted (comparative more besotted, superlative most besotted)
- Infatuated.
- Paris, you ſpeake / Like one be-ſotted on your ſweet delights;c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- smitten, taken, besotten, bitten, charmed, enamored, head over heels, in love, infatuated, limerent
- Intellectually or morally blinded.
- Intoxicated, drunk.
- There are thousands who were begotten when both parents were besotted with drink, whose mothers saturated themselves with alcohol every day of their pregnancy, who may be said to have sucked in a taste for strong drink with their mothers' milk, and who were surrounded from childhood with...1890, William Booth, chapter 6, in In Darkest England and the Way Out
Meaning of besot
Verb
besot (third-person singular simple present besots, present participle besotting, simple past besotted, past participle besotted or besotten)
Forms of besotten
| comparative | more besotten |
|---|---|
| superlative | most besotten |
Words that rhyme with besotten
Questions about besotten
- What is besotten the alternative form of?
- Besotten is the alternative form of besotted.
- How do you pronounce besotten?
- Besotten is pronounced /bɪˈsɒtn̩/ (UK).
Words near besotten in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: besotten (page history and authors); besotted (page history and authors); besot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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