# ecstasy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛk.stə.si/ · frequency rank #15,391

## Definitions
1. Intense pleasure.
2. A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
3. A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
4. Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
5. The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
6. A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended, and the body is erect and inflexible.

## Etymology
From Old French estaise (“ecstasy, rapture”), from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis), from ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “I displace”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`cestasy`, `eccstasy`, `ecsatsy`, `ecsstasy`, `ecstassy`, `ecstasyy`, `ecstays`, `ecstsay`, `ecsttasy`, `ectsasy`, `esctasy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ecstasy