transfixed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
transfixed
    adj 1: having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn:
           {fascinated}, {hypnotized}, {hypnotised}, {mesmerized},
           {mesmerised}, {spellbound}, {spell-bound}, {transfixed}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Transfix \Trans*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfixed}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Transfixing}.] [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure
   to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten.
   See {Fix}.]
   To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as,
   to transfix one with a dart.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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