smitten
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈsmɪtən/
Adjective

smitten

  1. affect#Verb|Affected by an act of smiting#Noun|smiting.
    1. Made irrationally enthusiastic.
    2. In love.
      • 1912, Thomas Holmes, “Marriage in the Underworld”, in London's Underworld (The Making of the Modern Law), London: J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, OCLC 60735063 ↗; republished as London; New York, N.Y.: Anthem Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84331-219-2, page 118:
        At the end of the long procession came a smitten woman. […] I think of the women who have fastened the tendrils of their heart's affection round unworthy men, and have married them, hoping, trusting and believing that their love and influence would be powerful enough to win the men to sobriety and virtue. Alas! how mistaken they have been!
Translations Translations Verb
  1. past participle of smite#English|smite.



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