Definition of "besotment" []

• The act of making one's self sottish by drink; the state of being besotted. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Anyway , it has come as a great relief to us all to learn from today's Evening Standard that Lem's besotment with Gabi is nothing to do with 'lust'."
• "He lodges in the town near the school, and thus the debasing habit of unsocial besotment is not brought under the eyes of his superior."