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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
However he had marveled at the besottedness of a woman's devotion to a man so unworthy of any devotion at all, ...
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Besottedness means The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness..
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... but she is so pure, so delicate, that when I approach her, in spite of my besottedness, my love grows lambent.
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