noun
pl. -·sies- 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
- [usuallyE-]Slang an illegal, mildly psychedelic derivative of amphetamine, CHNO, that slows down reactions and thought; MDMA
Origin of ecstasy
Middle English and Old French extasie from Ecclesiastical Late Latin ecstasis from Classical Greek ekstasis, a being put out of its place, distraction, trance from ek-, out + histanai, to set: see stand
