ecstasy

== English == === Alternative forms === ecstacy, exstacy, exstasy, extacy, extasy (all obsolete) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.stə.si/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈek.stə.si/ Hyphenation: ec‧sta‧sy === Noun === ecstasy (countable and uncountable, plural ecstasies) Intense pleasure. Synonyms: rapture, euphoria Antonym: agony A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. an ecstasy of remorse A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. (obsolete) Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness. (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form. Synonyms: MDMA, molly, (modern vernacular) E, eckie, ecky, XTC, X, thizz, (obsolete) empathy (medicine, dated) A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ecstatic ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ecstasy (third-person singular simple present ecstasies, present participle ecstasying, simple past and past participle ecstasied) (intransitive) To experience intense pleasure. (transitive) To cause intense pleasure in. === Anagrams === Cassety, cytases == Dutch == === Alternative forms === xtc === Etymology === Borrowed from English ecstasy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛk.stə.si/, /ˈɛk.sti.si/ Hyphenation: ec‧sta‧sy === Noun === ecstasy m (uncountable, no diminutive) ecstasy (MDMA, recreational drug) == Polish == === Alternative forms === ekstazy, extasy extazy (rare) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English ecstasy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈsta.zɘ/ Rhymes: -azɘ Syllabification: ec‧sta‧sy === Noun === ecstasy n (indeclinable) ecstasy (synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form) === Further reading === ecstasy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ecstasy in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English ecstasy. === Noun === ecstasy m (usually uncountable, plural ecstasys) ecstasy (recreational drug) Synonym: êxtase Hypernyms: metilenodioximetanfetamina, midomafetamina === Further reading === “ecstasy”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ecstasy”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026