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ecstasis

ecstasis is the alternative form of ekstasis.

Meaning of ekstasis

Noun

ekstasis (countable and uncountable, plural ekstases)

  1. The state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
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      In Psychics the strange phenomenon of “Katalepsis” experienced by developed “trance-mediumship” bears so close a resemblance, physically, to...

Noun

ecstasis

  1. Synonym of paragoge.
    • The insertion of the i by poetic ecstasis furnishes the syllable necessary to complete the number of feet, […]1811, Peter Wilson, Introduction to Greek Prosody, page 160
    Synonyms:
    paragoge

Synonyms of ecstasis

Forms of ecstasis

pluralecstases

Questions about ecstasis

What does ecstasis mean?
Ecstasis means synonym of paragoge.
What is ecstasis the alternative form of?
Ecstasis is the alternative form of ekstasis.
What part of speech is ecstasis?
Ecstasis is a noun.
What is the plural of ecstasis?
The plural of ecstasis is ecstases.

Words near ecstasis in the dictionary

  1. ecstacies
  2. ecstacy
  3. ecstases
  4. ecstasied
  5. ecstasies
  6. ecstasis
  7. ecstasise
  8. ecstasised
  9. ecstasises
  10. ecstasising
  11. ecstasize

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