enamoured

UK/ɛˈnæməd/

adjectiveC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutralformal · an editor’s judgement

Enamoured means filled with fondness for someone or something. Charmed, taken, a little in love.

It nearly always arrives with of or with — enamoured of the idea, enamoured with the town. Just as often it comes in the negative, and that is where modern English really uses it: not entirely enamoured of the new system is a polite way of saying you dislike it. The word is formal and faintly literary, so it can sound arch in casual speech, which is exactly why the understated negative works so well. American writing drops the u and spells it enamored.

Definitions of enamoured

1adjectiveenamouredFilled with liking or love for someone or something.C1
“He was thoroughly enamoured of the old house.”
synonyms: smitten, taken

Also accepted in games: enamored

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enamoured in the wild

During a festival of Apollo or Artemis in Delos, the enamoured Acontius threw an apple at her feet.
Cydippe
Even devas (a class of benevolent beings) like Indra are described to be enamoured of Tilottama.
Tilottama
Yu): Emperor Taizu became enamoured, and to favour her, much to the displeasure of his heir Prince Jin (later to become the Emperor Taizong).
Madame Huarui
Lowson, enamoured of the area, approached Phillips, securing a feu of land, and built the first house in the village that was to become Carnoustie.
Inverpeffer
Many Tamil language hymns sing of Bhikshatana's wanderings, often narrating of the pining of the love-smitten who are enamoured of him.
Bhikshatana

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