el
masculine
/ˈekstasis/
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Translation
ecstasy, rapture
Word origin
From Late Latin extasis, from Greek ekstasis ('a standing outside oneself'), from ek- ('out') plus histanai ('to stand'). It names the feeling of being carried beyond ordinary awareness by joy.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- ekstasis
- English cognates
- ecstasy, ecstatic
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraléxtasis
Examples
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The music filled her with absolute ecstasy.
atardecer pleno .
He watched the sunset in sheer rapture.
describir .
I felt an ecstasy hard to describe in words.
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What ecstasy it is to hear the orchestra live!
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The audience was thrown into rapture by the final act.
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