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Definition of Ecstasy

1. Noun. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. "Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"

2. Noun. A state of elated bliss.

3. Noun. Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.

Definition of Ecstasy

1. n. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

2. v. t. To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.

Definition of Ecstasy

1. Proper noun. (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family. ¹

2. Noun. Intense pleasure. ¹

3. Noun. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. ¹

4. Noun. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. ¹

5. Noun. (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ecstasy

1. a state of exaltation [n -SIES]

Medical Definition of Ecstasy

1. Origin: F. Extase, L. Ecstasis, fr. Gr, fr. To put out of place, derange; = out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand] [Also written extasy. 1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. "Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy." (Dryden) "This is the very ecstasy of love." (Shak) 2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. "He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy." (Milton) 3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. "That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy." (Shak) "Our words will but increase his ecstasy." (Marlowe) 4. A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecstasy

ecranisation ecranisations ecraseur ecraseurs ecrasite ecrevisse ecromeximab ecru ecrus ecstacies

ecstacy ecstases ecstasied ecstasies ecstasis ecstasy (current term) ecstatic ecstatic state ecstatica ecstatical

ecstatically ecstaticas ecstatick ecstatics ecstrophe ect. ectacolia ectad ectal ectal origin

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