ecstatic

B2
US /ɛkˈstætɪk/
adj noun Freq #15623

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

    [W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his vveapon, tho' it vvas not as yet in above half its length.

  2. 2
    adj

    Extremely happy.

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

  3. 3
    adj

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

    ecstatic gaze    ecstatic trance

  4. 4
    noun

    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.

  5. 5
    noun

    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...

  6. 6
    adj

    feeling great rapture or delight

Etymology

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

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · feeling or characterized by... deliriousrapturous
2 adj · extremely happy. air-headedblissed outblissfulcock-a-hoopdelightedecstaticelatedenrapteuphoricexultantfilled with happinessgiddy
6 adj · feeling great rapture or... enrapturedraptrapturousrhapsodic
Word family
Derived forms ecstaticallyecstaticityecstaticizeunecstatic

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