extasy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of extasy
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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And then, at the receipt of a bit of good news this austere man is seized with "such an extasy of joy" that he gives Pepys the merriest evening of his life.
From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
And she clung to him in a perfect extasy of joy.
From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
When o' suddain, I saw the pole tremble and sway towardes me; and stretching forth my apron I did, in an extasy of gladness, pity, and horror, catch its burthen as it fell.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
Looke well upon't, deare syster; extasy May dimme myne eyes, it cannot purblind thyne.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Sfoot, that would be the more to drive me into such an extasy, that I should ne'er lin laughing.
From The Puritaine Widdow by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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