Both Uses of
ecstasy
in
Brave New World
- Hers was the calm ecstasy of achieved consummation, the peace, not of mere vacant satiety and nothingness, but of balanced life, of energies at rest and in equilibrium.†
p. 85..7 *
- Linda stirred, woke up, stared for a few seconds bewilderly at the Semi-finalists, then, lifting her face, sniffed once or twice at the newly perfumed air and suddenly smiled–a smile of childish ecstasy.†
p. 204..4
Definition:
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(ecstasy as in: a state of ecstasy) a state of intense happiness