dictionary definitions for "ecstatic"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  ecstatic
      adj : feeling great rapture or delight [syn: enraptured,
            rapturous, rhapsodic]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy. --Hammond.
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     2. Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as,
        ecstatic bliss or joy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecstatic \Ec*stat"ic\, n.
     An enthusiast. [R.] --Gauden.
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