besottedness

noun

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.”

   “However he had marveled at the besottedness of a woman's devotion to a man so unworthy of any devotion at all, ...”