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- nounecstasy (noun) · ecstasies (plural noun) · Ecstasy (noun)
- an emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.
- an amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures.
Originlate Middle English (in ecstasy): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’, based on ek- ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’. Web2 days ago · a state of exalted delight, joy, etc; rapture. 2. intense emotion of any kind. an ecstasy of rage. 3. psychology. overpowering emotion characterized by loss of self-control and sometimes a temporary …