Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making one's self sottish by drink; the state of being besotted.
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Examples
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Anyway , it has come as a great relief to us all to learn from today's Evening Standard that Lem's besotment with Gabi is nothing to do with 'lust'.
Lembit Update - No 9 Glyn Davies 2007
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Anyway , it has come as a great relief to us all to learn from today's Evening Standard that Lem's besotment with Gabi is nothing to do with 'lust'.
Archive 2007-01-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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He lodges in the town near the school, and thus the debasing habit of unsocial besotment is not brought under the eyes of his superior.
My Novel — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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He lodges in the town near the school, and thus the debasing habit of unsocial besotment is not brought under the eyes of his superior.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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