ecstasy Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
rapture; raptus; transport; exaltation.
- listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
noun a state of elated bliss
rapture.
noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
cristal; XTC; Adam; go; X; hug drug; disco biscuit.

F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. , fr. to put out of place, derange; = out + to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand.

plural Ecstasies

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.
Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy. Milton.
Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. Obs.
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy. Shak.

Our words will but increase his ecstasy. Marlowe.
(Med.) 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. Mayne.

To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. Obs.
The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. Jer. Taylor.