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Webster 1913 Edition


Ecstatic

Ec-stat′ic

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
extatique
. See
Ecstasy
,
Noun.
]
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
.

Ec-stat′ic

,
Noun.
An enthusiast.
[R.]
Gauden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ecstatic

ECSTAT'IC


Definition 2024


ecstatic

ecstatic

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

ecstatic (comparative more ecstatic, superlative most ecstatic)

  1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
    • 1837, Michael Ryan, The Philosophy of Marriage, in Its Social, Moral, and Physical Relations; with an Account of the Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs which Impair or Destroy the Reproductive Function; and Induce a Variety of Complaints; with the Physiology of Generation in the Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms [...], London: John Churchill, Princes' Street, Soho, OCLC 243495533, page 191:
      The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state.
  2. Extremely happy.
  3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
    ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance
    • Hammond
      This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy.

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Synonyms

Noun

ecstatic (plural ecstatics)

  1. (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.11:
      I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.