Meaning of ECSTATIC
| Pronunciation: | | ek'statik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] feeling great rapture or delight |
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| | Synonyms: | | enraptured, joyous, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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\Ec*stat"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. extatique. See
{Ecstasy}, n.]
1. Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion;
of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic
gaze; ecstatic trance.
This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy. --Hammond.
2. Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as,
ecstatic bliss or joy.
\Ec*stat"ic\, n.
An enthusiast. [R.] --Gauden.
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