🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

मोह

Pronunciation / Transliteration: moh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Infatuation/ɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसकी यह भावना केवल एक क्षणिक मोह था।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.

    "His teenage infatuation with the pop star faded after a few months."
  2. 2

    A foolish or exaggerated passion that impairs sound judgment.

    "Her sudden infatuation with the risky business venture worried her colleagues."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'infatuare', meaning 'to make foolish', from 'in-' (into/make) + 'fatuus' (foolish, insipid). Entering Middle English in the 16th century, the term originally carried a stronger connotation of being rendered mentally deranged or utterly foolish by passion or conceit, eventually evolving to describe an intense, short-lived, and often irrational passion or admiration for someone or something.

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