
| Ecstatic (Ec*stat"ic) (?), a. [Gr. ¿, fr. ¿: cf. F. extatique. See Ecstasy, n.] 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. Ecstatic (Ec*stat"ic), n. An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden. |
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