extatic
extatic is the obsolete spelling of ecstatic.
extatic is the misspelling of ecstatic.
Meaning of ecstatic
Adjective
ecstatic (comparative more ecstatic, superlative most ecstatic)
- Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
- [W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his...1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 194
- Extremely happy.
- Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- blissful, elated, euphoric, joyful, joyous, air-headed, blissed out, enrapt, rapt, cock-a-hoop
- Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
- ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance
Forms of extatic
| comparative | more extatic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most extatic |
Words formed from extatic
Questions about extatic
- What is extatic the obsolete spelling of?
- Extatic is the obsolete spelling of ecstatic.
Words near extatic in the dictionary
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