/
ˈɛkstəsi/
n.
(pl. ecstasies)
- an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
- an emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state.
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(Ecstasy)
an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric effects.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. extasie, via late L. from Gk ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’.