| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun ecstasy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (ecstasy) | 1. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.[Wordnet]. 2. A state of elated bliss.[Wordnet]. 3. Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.[Wordnet]. 4. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.[Websters]. 5. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.[Websters]. 6. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.[Websters]. 7. A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb ecstasy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (ecstasy) | 1. To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: ecstasying, ecstasied, ecstasies, ecstasier, ecstasiers, ecstasyingly and ecstasiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"ECSTASIES" is a common misspelling or typo for: ecstasiers, ecstasizes. |
Date "ECSTASIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ecstasy
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] Primarily, a fixed state; a trance; a state in which the mind is arrested and fixed, or as we say, lost; a state in which the functions of the senses are suspended by the contemplation of some extraordinary or supernatural object. Whether what we call ecstasy be not dreaming with our eyes open, I leave to be examined.. | 2: [Noun] Excessive joy; rapture; a degree of delight that arrests the whole mind; as a pleasing ecstasy; the ecstasy of love; joy may rise to ecstasy.. | 3: [Noun] Enthusiasm; excessive elevation and absorption of mind; extreme delight. He on the tender grass Would sit and hearken even to ecstasy.. | 4: [Noun] Excessive grief or anxiety. [Not used.]. | 5: [Noun] Madness; distraction. [Not used.]. | 6: [Noun] In medicine, a species of catalepsy, when the person remembers, after the paroxysm is over, the ideas he had during the fit.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Dream Interpretation | To dream of feeling ecstasy, denotes you will enjoy a visit from a long-absent friend. If you experience ecstasy in disturbing dreams you will be subjected to sorrow and disappointment. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Health | Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Ecstasy, from the Greek ekstasis, to be outside oneself, is a category of trance or trancelike states in which an individual transcends ordinary consciousness and as a result has a heightened capacity for exceptional thought or experience. These may include profound emotional feeling, intense concentration on a specific task, extraordinary physical abilities, and especially awareness of non-ordinary mental spaces, which may be perceived as spiritual (the latter type of ecstasy often takes the form of religious ecstasy). This heightened capacity is typically accompanied by diminished awareness of some other matters. For instance, if one is concentrating on a physical task, then one might cease to be aware of any intellectual thoughts. On the other hand, making a spirit journey in an ecstatic trance involves the cessation of voluntary bodily movement. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family. (references) | 2: [Noun] A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. (references) | 3: [Noun] A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. (references) | 4: [Noun] Intense pleasure. (references) |
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Common Expressions: ecstasy
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Ecstasy of St Theresa | The Ecstasy of St Theresa (alternatively St Teresa in Ecstasy) is a marble masterpiece sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which is part of his complete architectural design, construction, and decoration the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome completed in 1652 for the then ungodly sum of 12,000 scudi (~$120,000).[http://www.thamesandhudson.com/books/Italian_Baroque_Sculpture/0500203075.mxs/37/31/]The entire ensemble was completed or overseen by a mature Bernini during the Pamphilj papacy of Innocent X, when the sculptor's involvement with the profligate expenses of the prior pope, Urban VIII (Barberini), had caused Bernini to fall out of papal patronage. Cardinal Federico Cornaro, son of a noble Venetian family, had chosen the church of the Discalced Carmelites for a burial chapel. The chapel chosen had previously depicted St. Paul in ecstasy, and the Cardinal replaced it with the ecstatic event undergone by the recently (1622), and first Carmelite saint. (references) | ||
| Liquid ecstasy | Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Odes Of Ecstasy | Odes Of Ecstasy is a Symphonic Death Metal band, which uses death metal and operatic female vocals. (references) | ||
| Retracted article on neurotoxicity of ecstasy | This article concerns problems with a paper, "Severe dopaminergic neurotoxicity in primates after a common recreational dose regimen of MDMA ("ecstasy")'" that appeared in the leading journal Science, treated as a case study in scientific method. (references) | ||
| Spirit of Ecstasy | Spirit of Ecstasy is the name of the hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars. It is in the form of a woman leaning forwards with her arms outstretched behind and above her. Billowing cloth running from her arms to her back resembles wings. It was originally called the Spirit of Speed. (references) | ||
| The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia (Raphael) | The Ecstasis of St. Cecilia is a panting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ecstasy
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Chocolate ecstasy | Health | Crack made brown by adding chocolate milk during production. (references) | |
| Ecstasy (MDMA) | Health | A chemically modified amphetamine that has hallucinogenic as well as stimulant properties. (references) | |
| Liquid ecstasy | Health | Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ecstasy
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| Ecstasy | English | Electronic Control for Switching and Telemetering Automobile System | Computing, Transportation | |
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