besottedness

English

Etymology

From besotted +‎ -ness.

Noun

besottedness (uncountable)

1. 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, ...