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ecstatic

Pronunciation:  ek'statik

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 Definition: [adj]  feeling great rapture or delight
 
 Synonyms: enraptured, joyous, rapturous, rhapsodic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
    
  2. \Ec*stat"ic\, n.
    An enthusiast. [R.] --Gauden.
    
    
 
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