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extatical

extatical is the archaic form of ecstatical.

Meaning of ecstatical

Adjective

ecstatical (comparative more ecstatical, superlative most ecstatical)

  1. Synonym of ecstatic.
    • […] frequenting the Places where the Martyrs were enshrined through the pretence of some ecstatical Dreams and Visions […]1664, Edward Stillingfleet, A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion
    Synonyms:
    ecstatic
  2. Tending to external objects.
    • I find in me a great deal of ecstatical love, which continually carries me to good without myself., John Norris (philosopher)

Forms of extatical

comparativemore extatical
superlativemost extatical

Origin of extatical

From extatic + -al.

Questions about extatical

What is extatical the archaic form of?
Extatical is the archaic form of ecstatical.

Words near extatical in the dictionary

  1. extasied
  2. extasies
  3. extasy
  4. extasying
  5. extatic
  6. extatical
  7. extatically
  8. extatick
  9. extatique
  10. exteacher
  11. exteachers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: extatical (page history and authors); ecstatical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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