ecstasy
The definition of ecstasy is a feeling of intense joy, happiness or passion.
(noun)An example of ecstasy is a soldier being reunited with his family.
Ecstasy is defined as the psychedelic drug MDMA.
(noun)An example of ecstasy is what club kids use to dance all night.
See ecstasy in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. ecstasies
- a state of being overpowered by emotion, as by joy, grief, or passion: an ecstasy of delight
- a feeling of overpowering joy; great delight; rapture
- a trance, esp. one resulting from religious fervor
- Slang an illegal, mildly psychedelic derivative of amphetamine, CHNO, that slows down reactions and thought; MDMA
Origin: ME & OFr extasie < LL(Ec) ecstasis < Gr ekstasis, a being put out of its place, distraction, trance < ek-, out + histanai, to set: see stand
See ecstasy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. ec·sta·sies
- Intense joy or delight.
- A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy of rage.
- The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
- Slang MDMA.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English extasie
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Late Latin extasis, terror
Origin: , from Greek ekstasis, astonishment, distraction
Origin: , from existanai, to displace, derange
Origin: : ek-, out of; see ecto-
Origin: + histanai, to place; see stā- in Indo-European roots
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