| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a besotting manner.[Websters]
2. Seldom used adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective besotting.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Besotting) | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb besot.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (besot) | 1. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation.[Wordnet]. 2. To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.[Websters]. 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: besotting, besotted, besots, besotter, besotters, besottingly and besottedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BESOTTINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
