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infatuation

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in⋅fat⋅u⋅a⋅tion

  [in-fach-oo-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the state of being infatuated.
2. the act of infatuating.
3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last.
4. the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.
Origin:
1640–50; < LL infatuātiōn- (s. of infatuātiō). See infatuate, -ion
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in·fat·u·a·tion   (ĭ-fāch'ōō-ā'shən)   
n.  

  1. A foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion or attraction. See Synonyms at love.

  2. An object of extravagant, short-lived passion.

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