smittenness

English

Etymology

From smitten +‎ -ness.

Noun

smittenness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being smitten.
   • 2024 October 13, Louise Adler, “Dear Howard Jacobson, don’t let historical hatreds cover Israel’s cruelty”, in The Guardian:

     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.