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smittenness

smittenness noun: the quality of being smitten.

Noun

smittenness (uncountable)

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

Origin of smittenness

From smitten + -ness.

Questions about smittenness

What does smittenness mean?
Smittenness means the quality of being smitten.
What part of speech is smittenness?
Smittenness is a noun.

Words near smittenness in the dictionary

  1. smitten
  2. smitten hip and thigh
  3. smitten kitten
  4. smitten kittens
  5. smittened
  6. smittenness
  7. smitting
  8. smittinid
  9. smittinids
  10. smittle
  11. smittled

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