raptus

[ rap-tuhs ]

noun
  1. a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.

Origin of raptus

1
1840–50; <Latin: a seizing, equivalent to rap(ere) to seize, abduct, rape1 + -tus suffix of v. action

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