enamoured
English edit
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Adjective edit
enamoured (comparative more enamoured, superlative most enamoured)
- UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada spelling of enamored
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enamoured
- simple past and past participle of enamour
Usage notes edit
- One is usually enamored of something, or less commonly enamored with something.
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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- an-amered, anameryd, anamored, an-amored, a-namourd, an-amourd, anamourde, enamerid, enamured, enamurt
Etymology edit
Partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer; equivalent to (and sometimes influenced by) en- + amour + -ed.
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enamoured
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References edit
- “enamǒured, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.