Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Besotted \Be*sot"ted\, a.
   Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by
   drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. ``Besotted
   devotion.'' --Sir W. Scott. -- {Be*sot"ted*ly}, adv. --
   {Be*sot"ted*ness}, n. --Milton.