ecstatic
/ɛkˈstætɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.37 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
noun
Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
noun
A person in a state of ecstasy.
Example Sentences
- "[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."
- "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."
- "Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature."
- "ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance"
- "this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy"
- "I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἐκστατικός
Inflected Forms
more ecstatic (comparative)
most ecstatic (superlative)
ecstatick (alternative)
extatic (alternative)
extatick (alternative)
extatique (alternative)
ecstatics (plural)