ecstatic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɛkˈstætɪk/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic.
Meanings
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Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
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.
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, page 191:[W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his vveapon, tho' it vvas not as yet in above half its length.
1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 194:
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Extremely happy.
Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
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Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance
this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy
1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| extatick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ecstatick | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more ecstatic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| extatique | alternative | lexicographic | |
| extatic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most ecstatic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ecstaticize · unecstatic · ecstaticity · ecstatically
Synonyms
blissful · delighted · delirious · gleeful · blissful · enrapt · joyous · greatly pleased · on cloud nine · euphoric · orgasmic · blissed out · ecstatic · walking on air · lighthearted · rapt · joyful · rapturous · giddy · gladsome · filled with happiness · air-headed · cock-a-hoop · elated · thrilled · euphoric · joyful · joyous · elated · over the moon · overjoyed · exultant
Translations (41)
nb ekstatisk (extremely happy) · hi गद्गद (extremely happy) · ca extàtic (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · da ekstatisk (extremely happy) · hi गद्गद (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · da ekstatisk (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · es extático (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · uk екстати́чний (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · fr être aux anges (extremely happy) · nn ekstatisk (extremely happy) · ru экстати́чный (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · ro extatic (extremely happy) · ru экстати́ческий (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · mi harikoa (extremely happy) · da henrykt (extremely happy) · es extático (extremely happy) · es extasiado (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · nn ekstatisk (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · mi manahau (extremely happy) · fi hurmioitunut (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · eo ekstaza (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · fr extatique (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · ru восто́рженный (extremely happy) · fi haltioitunut (extremely happy) · pt extático (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · pl ekstatyczny (extremely happy) · win gipįįhawįc (extremely happy) · nb ekstatisk (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · sv extatisk (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · mi manawarū (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · de ekstatisch (extremely happy) · be экстаты́чны (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · pl ekstatyczny (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · fi hurmioitunut (extremely happy) · el εκστατικός (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · it estatico (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · de ekstatisch (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · hu eksztatikus (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · tl pinakamasaya (extremely happy) · fi haltioitunut (feeling or characterized by ecstasy) · ro extatic (feeling or characterized by ecstasy)