ecstatic (ekstatik)

and n. [Formerly eс statick, extatick; = F. extatique = Sp. extático = Pg. extatico = It. estatico, IMG:content-0204.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Affected by ecstasy; enraptured; entranced, By making no responses to ordinary stimuli, the ecstatic subject shows that he is "not himself." H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., §77. II. n. 1. One subject to ecstasies or raptures; an extravagant enthusiast. [Rare.] Old Here ticks and idle Ecstaticks , such as the very primitive times were infinitely pestred withal. Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 201. 2. pl . Ecstasy; rapturous emotion. ecstatical (ek-stat'i-kal), a . [Formerly extati cal; ecstatic + -al.] Same as ecstatic . With other extatic all furies, and religious frencies, with ornaments of gold and iewels. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 66. ecstatically (ek-stat'i-kal-i), adv . In an ecstatic manner; rapturously; ravishingly. ectad (ek'tad), adv. [ The dura mater may be described as ectad of the brain, but entad of the cranium. Wilder and Gage , Anat. Tech., p. 27.