ECSTASY, ECSTATIC
ADJECTIVES
► BLISSED-OUT ecstatic, euphoric, in a trance; specifically as a result of a religious experience → 1960 sl.
► ECSTATICAL enraptured, ecstatic → 1600 arch.
NOUNS
► BLISSOUT a state of ecstasy → 1970s sl.
► ECSTATICALNESS ecstatic condition → 1667 obs.
► RAPT a trance, ecstasy, rapture → 1526
► VEEM a state of ecstasy, excitement, exultation → 1824 Sc. obs.
VERBS
► BLISS OUT to become euphoric; to experience a state of ecstasy; usually used in a derogatory fashion when applied to religious or cult zealots → 1973 US sl.
► CARRY AWAY to move to ecstasy → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CARRY OUT to transport the mind in ecstasy or devotion → 1599 obs.
► ECSTASIATE to ecstacize, to transport with rapture or ecstasy, to give pleasurable excitement to → 1823
► ECSTASIZE to throw into an ecstasy or transport of rapturous feeling; to give pleasurable excitement to → 1835
► ECSTATIZE to throw into an ecstasy, to give pleasurable excitement to → 1654 obs.
► GUSH to go into ecstasies → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAPTURIZE to fall into ecstasies; to say in an ecstatic way → 1822
► WIG OUT to become ecstatic; to enjoy oneself hugely → 1950 sl.