ecstasy

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[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ekstasis), from ἐξίστημι (eksistēmi, I displace), from ἐκ (ek, out) and ἵστημι (histēmi, I stand).

[edit] Noun

ecstasy (countable and uncountable; plural ecstasies)

Ecstasy (MDMA) tablets
  1. Intense pleasure.
  2. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
  3. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
  4. (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family.

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  • (the drug): MDMA; (Modern Vernacular) E, XTC, X

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