Hypertext Webster Gateway: "besotted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Besotted \Be*sot"ted\, a.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Besot \Be*sot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Besotting}.]
To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to
infatuate.
Fools besotted with their crimes. --Hudibras.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
besotted
adj : slang for `drunk' [syn: {blind drunk}, {blotto}, {crocked},
{fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed}, {pissed}, {pixilated},
{plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed},
{soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tiddly},
{tiddley}, {tight}, {tipsy}, {wet}]
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