smitten

Everyday

1. (old use) Smitten means hit hard or struck down. tree →
2. Smitten with means suddenly and strongly in love with someone, or very keen on something. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a man who is struck by love for a girl; also the past form of smite.

Examples

• He was smitten with Charlotte from the first day. tree →
• Each man was smitten down in the battle. tree →
• She is smitten with her new puppy. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

in tales, a man who is struck by love for a girl; also the past form of smite.

Examples

• And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (Torah EXO.7.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. — (Torah EXO.9.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. (Torah NUM.14.42, JPS 1917) tree →
• So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten. (Prophets JDG.20.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? (Prophets ISA.27.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? (Prophets JER.14.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

Early Modern English

Meaning

Hit hard or struck down. tree →

Then and now

Today smitten also means fond of or attracted to someone, which the Andersen sentence uses. The Torah sentences use the old sense of struck down.

Examples

• And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (Torah EXO.7.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• "At that time he was quite smitten with Charlotte. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) tree →
• But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. — (Torah EXO.9.32, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: struck.