smittenness

Etymology

From smitten + -ness.

smittenness means the quality of being smitten. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

The quality of being smitten.“Howard, in my favourite of all your books, Roots Schmoots, you acknowledge that Our People are “smitten with their own tragedy”. But that tragedy and your smittenness seem to have overwhelmed your capacity for empathy for the other contemporary tragedy – that of the Palestinian right to self-determination and sovereignty.”