ecstatics

British

/ ɛkˈstætɪks /

plural noun

fits of delight or rapture

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Ecstatics, seers of visions, and devout fasting girls who eat on the sly, often belong to this category.

From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Galton, Francis, Sir

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