/in fach'ooh ay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the state of being infatuated.
2. the act of infatuating.
3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last.
4. the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.
[ 1640-50; infatuation- (s. of infatuatio ). See INFATUATE, -ION ]