Both Uses of
ecstasy
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy.†
p. 38.2 *
- The joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy!†
p. 53.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(ecstasy as in: ecstasy of love) a state of intense happiness
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, ecstasy is used as the street name of an illegal drug known to produce feelings of euphoria, but associated with damage of the central nervous system.
Still more rarely, ecstasy can reference a trance, frenzy, or altered state of consciousness marked by overwhelming emotion -- especially joy from a religious experience.