Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infatuation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infatuation \In*fat`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. infatuatio: cf. F.
infatuation.]
The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly;
that which infatuates.
The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of
mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the
learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. --I.
Taylor.
Such is the infatuation of self-love. --Blair.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infatuation
n 1: foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or
admiration
2: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: {puppy love}, {calf
love}, {crush}]
3: an object of extravagant short-lived passion
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