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ecstatic

adj
/ɛkˈstætɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic.

  1. borrowed from ἐκστατικός

Definitions

  1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

    • The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state.

  2. Extremely happy.

    • Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature.

  3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.

    • ecstatic gaze    ecstatic trance
    • this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Transports of delight

      Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.

      • I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.

    2. A person in a state of ecstasy.

      • If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA