Ecstasy
31ecstasy — noun 1 (C, U) a feeling of extreme happiness: His expression was one of pure ecstasy. | in ecstasy/ecstasies (=feeling extremely happy) | go into ecstasies (=become very happy and excited) 2 (U) a state in which you cannot see or hear what is… …
32ecstasy — UK [ˈekstəsɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms ecstasy : singular ecstasy plural ecstasies 1) a feeling of great happiness and pleasure, often sexual pleasure 2) mainly literary an extreme emotional religious state during which you do …
33Ecstasy — Ekstase: Das Fremdwort, das im Sinne »‹religiöse› Verzückung; höchste Begeisterung« gebräuchlich ist, wurde im 16. Jh. aus gleichbed. kirchenlat. ecstasis (< griech. ékstasis »das Aus sich Heraustreten, die Begeisterung, Verzückung«) entlehnt …
34Ecstasy — [“ekstasi] n. a hallucinogen similar to LSD. (Drugs.) □ Chemicals with names like “Ecstasy” are being put on the streets every day. □ Ecstasy is just one of a dozen drugs with similar formulas …
35Ecstasy — Shamans are sometimes distinguished from other religious or cultural leaders by the ability to achieve an altered state of consciousness which Mircea Eliade labeled “ecstasy.” The etymology of this originally Greek word implies an ability to… …
36ecstasy — ec·sta·sy s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} sostanza stupefacente di origine sintetica, confezionata in pillole {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1990. ETIMO: ingl. ecstasy propr. estasi …
37Ecstasy — Ecs|ta|sy* [ ɛkstəzi] die; , s <aus engl. ecstasy »Ekstase«, dies über altfr. extasie (fr. extase), spätlat. ecstasis aus gr. ékstasis, vgl. ↑Ekstase> ↑halluzinogene Designerdroge …
38Ecstasy — Ec|sta|sy [ ekstəsi ] noun uncount an illegal drug that young people take, especially in NIGHTCLUBS. Ecstasy is often called E …
39ecstasy — [14] Etymologically, someone who is ecstatic is out of his or her mind. The word comes, via Old French extasie and late Latin extasis, from Greek ékstasis, a derivative of the verb existánai ‘displace, drive out of one’s mind’. This was a… …
40ecstasy — n the drug MDMA (3,4 methylene dioxy methamphetamine). A preparation which was synthesised and patented in 1914 and rediscovered for recreational use in 1975 in the USA. The drug, related to speed, remained a minority taste until the early 1980s; …
