BESOTTED

besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet

(adjective) very drunk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

besotted (comparative more besotted, superlative most besotted)

infatuated

intellectually or morally blinded

intoxicated

Synonyms

• See also drunk

• smitten

Verb

besotted

simple past tense and past participle of besot

Anagrams

• obtested

Source: Wiktionary


Be*sot"ted, a.

Definition: Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. "Besotted devotion." Sir W. Scott.

– Be*sot"ted*ly, adv.

– Be*sot"ted*ness, n. Milton.

BESOT

Be*sot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Besotting.]

Definition: To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate. Fools besotted with their crimes. Hudibras.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




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2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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