Definition 1: To muddle or stupefy, as with liquor—or love; to infatuate, to make a sot of.
[@more@]Usage 1: Today's word works as a verb, as "I'm besotted with you," but the form "besotted" is also an adjective. "Besottedly" is the adverb, and "besottedness" is the name for that particular stage of a relationship.
Suggested usage: Is there anything more intoxicating than love? When one is besotted, one is likely to behave in a foolish way because one is drunk on feelings. "Adrienne's eyes besot Denis to total speechlessness, a state in which she finds him more attractive." Love, however, is not the only thing that besots: "Letty is besotted with dreams of owning a Harley-Davidson and roaring up and down the highway on weekends."
Etymology: Be + sot "to stupefy, to make drunk" from earlier "assot" based on sot "fool" from Anglo-Saxon sott "stupid person." Besotted "affected with foolishness," was first recorded in 1580. The definition of "sot" shifted from "fool" to "drunkard" around 1592. (Wynne Johnson of Yuma, Arizona requested "sot" as a Word of the Day; we became infatuated with today's derivation. Thanks for the unintended diversion, Wynne.)
—Audra Himes, formerly, yourDictionary.co
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