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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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