besottedness

English

Etymology

From besotted +‎ -ness

Noun

besottedness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness

   • ... but she is so pure, so delicate, that when I approach her, in spite of my besottedness, my love grows lambent. — Elizabeth Stoddard, "The Morgesons", 1862
   • However he had marveled at the besottedness of a woman's devotion to a man so unworthy of any devotion at all, ... — John Williams, "Augustus", 1972