ecstasy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A feeling of very intense happiness or delight.

   She was in ecstasy when she heard she had won the prize.

2. 2
   noun

   A state of overwhelming emotion that carries you beyond ordinary self-control.

   He fell into an ecstasy of joy at the news.

3. 3
   noun

   An illegal drug (MDMA) used to feel energetic and happy.

   The police seized hundreds of ecstasy pills at the festival.

From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “to displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

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