ecstasy
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ekstasis), from ἐξίστημι (eksistēmi, “I displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (histēmi, “I stand”).
Noun [edit]
ecstasy (countable and uncountable; plural ecstasies)
- Intense pleasure.
- A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
- A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
- (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.
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Antonyms [edit]
- (intense pleasure): agony
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Translations [edit]
intense pleasure
intense emotion
trance associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation
drug
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