besotted
/bɪˈsɑtɪd/adjective, verb
besotted is an adjective meaning “Infatuated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-E-S-O-T-T-E-D and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does besotted mean?
adjective
- 1
Infatuated.
- 2
Intellectually or morally blinded.
- 3
archaicIntoxicated, drunk.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of besot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce besotted?
- UK /bɪˈsɒtɪd/
- US /bɪˈsɑtɪd/
Besotted has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-besotted.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of besotted
- more besotted comparative
- most besotted superlative
- besotten
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is besotted?
Besotted appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Besotted in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | vernarrt, betört, schwärmerisch, berauscht, wonnetrunken, entzückt |
| Spanish | embelesado , ebrio, borracho, intoxicado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does besotted come from?
From besot + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).