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besottedness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English besotted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English besottedness From besotted + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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. 1862, Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons:
    • However he had marveled at the besottedness of a woman's devotion to a man so unworthy of any devotion at all, ... 1972, John Williams, Augustus: