besottedness
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editbesottedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness.
- 1862, Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons:
- ... but she is so pure, so delicate, that when I approach her, in spite of my besottedness, my love grows lambent.
- 1972, John Williams, Augustus:
- However he had marveled at the besottedness of a woman's devotion to a man so unworthy of any devotion at all, ...