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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: sot 'to cause to appear stupid' (14-17 centuries), from sot 'stupid person' (11-18 centuries); SOT

besotted

 adjective
     
be‧sot‧ted

be besotted (with somebody/something)

to love or want someone or something so much that you cannot think or behave sensibly:
He's completely besotted with her.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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