n. pl. ec·sta·sies 1. Intense joy or delight. 2. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control: an ecstasy of rage. 3. The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. 4. often Ecstasy Slang MDMA. [Middle English extasie, from Old French, from Late Latin extasis, terror, from Greek ekstasis, astonishment, distraction, from existanai, to displace, derange : ek-, out of; see ECTO- + histanai, to place; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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