Meaning

noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; - Charles Dickens

noun a state of elated bliss

noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

originFrom Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “to displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

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