Foolishly or obstinately infatuated; besotted or foolishly enamored with something.
From 'assot' (an obsolete or archaic verb) or a variant of 'besot,' with '-ed' for the past participle. The word is archaic and rarely used in modern English.
This wonderful old word is essentially synonymous with 'besotted'—both capture that hilarious stage of being so foolishly in love or obsessed that you can't think straight, something Shakespeare's characters experienced constantly.
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