besotted

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Mr. Paul and his collaborators are clearly besotted lovers as well as knowledgeable students of the musicals they are spoofing, so the evening’s spirit is exuberantly affectionate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

My source remembers vividly that Mojtaba was totally besotted with the apocalypse and was also just a very shrewd, intelligent guy.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

The film would attract a "whole new generation of people" who had not yet read the book but were "completely besotted" after seeing the film, he added.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Quaritch is besotted by this new villainess and we’re pretty into Varang ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

By the time Herr Thiessen departs the circus, motivated solely by exhaustion, he is completely and utterly besotted.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern