Ecstasy definition
Intense joy or delight.
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A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
An ecstasy of rage.
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The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
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A feeling of overpowering joy; great delight; rapture.
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The definition of ecstasy is a feeling of intense joy, happiness or passion.
An example of ecstasy is a soldier being reunited with his family.
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(slang) An illegal, mildly psychedelic derivative of amphetamine, C11H15NO2, that slows down reactions and thought; MDMA.
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(slang) MDMA.
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(slang) MDMA.
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A state of being overpowered by emotion, as by joy, grief, or passion.
An ecstasy of delight.
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Ecstasy is defined as the psychedelic drug MDMA.
An example of ecstasy is what club kids use to dance all night.
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Our words will but increase his ecstasy.
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(medicine, dated) A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible; but the pulse and breathing are not affected.
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A trance, esp. one resulting from religious fervor.
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Singular:
ecstasy
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ecstasiesOrigin of ecstasy
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Late Latin extasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ekstasis), from ἐξίστημι (eksistēmi, “I displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (histēmi, “I stand”).
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