enamored
English
    
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Etymology
    
Inherited from Middle English enamoured, a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer; compare amour and enamor, enamour.
Pronunciation
    
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈnæməɹd/
- Audio (Southern England) - (file) 
Adjective
    
enamored (comparative more enamored, superlative most enamored)
- In love, amorous.
- 2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:- During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.
 
 - She's enamored of [or with] her new boyfriend.
 
Synonyms
    
- (totally in love): head over heels, twitterpated
Translations
    
in love, amorous
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References
    
- “enamored”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “enamored”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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