addictedness

[ADDICTED.] The quality or the state of being addicted. "Those know how little I have remitted of my former addictedne to make chemical experiments." -Boyle. ad-dict'-ing, pr. par. [ADDICT.] It is generally followed by a reflective pronoun. Its meaning is devoting [one's self] to, giving one's self wholly over to; allowing one's self to become a slave to a habit.