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ec⋅stat⋅ic

[ek-stat-ik]
–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; (< MF extatique) < ML ecstaticus < Gk ekstatikós, equiv. to ek- ec- + statikós static. See ecstasy


ec⋅stat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ec·stat·ic   (ěk-stāt'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy.

  2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured.


[French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from ekstasis, distraction; see ecstasy.]
ec·stat'i·cal·ly adv.
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