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ecstatics

British  
/ ɛkˈstætɪks /

plural noun

  1. fits of delight or rapture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Seldom in the memory of U. S. theatrophiles have such ecstatics emanated from the critics as those greeting this play, the second of the Theatre Guild's season.

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Foremost of the 21st century ecstatics are John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene, a husband-and-wife team.

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Many other ecstatics would have perished but for the care taken of them by admiring followers.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

November comes as Autumn's requiem, To sigh and sough the harvest, and the field, The winged ecstatics mourn, and then are dumb, And life and growth in full submission yield.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt

But you could be in ecstatics for a brother of your own invention.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

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