ecstatic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Extremely happy and excited.

   She was ecstatic when she got into her first-choice university.

2. 2
   adj

   Filled with intense joy or delight, almost beyond control.

   The crowd gave the band an ecstatic welcome.

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

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