besotted

adjective · 16th century

A marvelous way to remind yourself that your current confusion is a deliberate, liquid choice.

To be rendered dull, stupid, or stupefied by excessive drinking.

In the wild

“The besotted reveler couldn't find his own hat, let alone the door.”

Origin

Formed from the prefix be- and the verb sot, meaning a fool; it has been in use since the 16th century to describe the muddled state of the inebriated.

Sources·Oxford English Dictionary/Johnson's Dictionary (1755)

Etymologist commentary·Anatoly Liberman, The Oxford Etymologist