Both Uses of
ecstasy
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- For Anne the real excitement began with the dismissal of school and increased therefrom in crescendo until it reached to a crash of positive ecstasy in the concert itself.
p. 148.1 *ecstasy = intense happiness
- she stopped in ecstasy to shut her eyes that she might the better fancy herself one of that heroic ring.
p. 223.9ecstasy = a state of intense happiness
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.