Ee-stăt'tie or Ee-stăt'tie-al, a.

adjective

a. [Gr. ἐκστατικός, from ἐξιστάναι. See supra.] 1. Rendering one beside one's self; suspending the senses; entrancing. In pensive trance, and anguish, and ecstatic fit. Milton.

  1. Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.
  2. Tending to external objects. [Obs.] Norris.