infatuate
verb
[ ɪnˈfatʃʊeɪt ]
• be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for.
• "she is infatuated with a handsome police chief"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin infatuat- ‘made foolish’, from the verb infatuare, from in- ‘into’ + fatuus ‘foolish’.
