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ec·stat·ic
/
ɛkˈstæt
ɪk
/
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ek-
stat
-ik
]
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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by
ecstasy
.
2.
subject to or in a state of
ecstasy
; rapturous.
noun
3.
a person subject to fits of
ecstasy
.
Origin:
1620–30;
(<
Middle French
extatique
) <
Medieval Latin
ecstaticus
<
Greek
ekstatikós,
equivalent to
ek-
ec-
+
statikós
static.
See
ecstasy
Related forms
ec·stat·i·cal·ly,
adverb
non·ec·stat·ic,
adjective
non·ec·stat·i·cal·ly,
adverb
un·ec·stat·ic,
adjective
un·ec·stat·i·cal·ly,
adverb
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World English Dictionary
ecstatic
(ɛkˈstætɪk)
—
adj
1.
in a trancelike state of great rapture or delight
2.
showing or feeling great enthusiasm:
ecstatic applause
—
n
3.
a person who has periods of intense trancelike joy
ec'statically
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
ecstatic
1620s, "mystically absorbed, stupefied," from Gk. ekstatikos, from eksta- (see
ecstatic
). Meaning "characterized by intense emotions" is from 1660s, now usually pleasurable ones, but not originally always so. Related: Ecstatically.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The school board was happy, the community was proud, and the students were
ecstatic.
Many of those high above slipped into
ecstatic
trances, closing their eyes as
they swayed.
When he comes to the podium to make his victory speech after his latest defeat,
he radiates ecstatic kindliness.
My son was
ecstatic
to see real navy warships after spending lots of time
reading about them.
Ordinary melancholy would have looked
ecstatic
by comparison.
And they can be miserable in anything and
ecstatic
in anything.
The place was again alive with
ecstatic
electricity.
My father was
ecstatic
when I joined the postal service.
He has a soft, thin voice, a beard and an academic mien occasionally broken by
ecstatic
flights of hubristic exaggeration.
We were even more thrilled, relieved and
ecstatic
.
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