ecstasy

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Intense pleasure.
2. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
3. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
4. (obsolete) Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
5. (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
6. A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible.

Verb

1. To experience intense pleasure.
2. To cause intense pleasure in.

Concepten

ecstasy

rapture

trance

delight

bliss

exaltation

enthusiasm

E

X

XTC

elation

hug drug

MDMA

playboy

excitement

happiness

joyfulness

Adam

cristal

disco biscuit

go

raptus

transport

reverie

wild joy

religious exultation

daze

delirium

engrossment

joy

euphoria

felicity

frenzy

rage

raving

blissout

pleasure

ravishment

entrancement

enchantment

spell

rhapsody

thrill

state

absent-mindedly

absorbed

bewitched

captivated

enchanted

fascinated

enraptured

love

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛk.stə.si/

Etymologie (Engels)

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