ˈsäd.ə̇d adjective
Etymology: Middle English, short for assotted, past participle of assotten to be a fool, make a fool of, become infatuated, from Old French assoter, asoter to treat as a fool, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + sot fool
: besotted
ˈsäd.ə̇d adjective
Etymology: Middle English, short for assotted, past participle of assotten to be a fool, make a fool of, become infatuated, from Old French assoter, asoter to treat as a fool, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + sot fool
: besotted
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012