Both Uses of
ecstasy
in
Jane Eyre
- Adele ran quite wild in the midst of it: the preparations for company and the prospect of their arrival, seemed to throw her into ecstasies.†
Chpt 17 *
- Adele had been in a state of ecstasy all day, after hearing she was to be presented to the ladies in the evening; and it was not till Sophie commenced the operation of dressing her that she sobered down.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(ecstasy as in: a state of ecstasy) a state of intense happiness