He on the tender grass
Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy.
Milton.
3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs.]
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy.
Shak.
Our words will but increase his ecstasy.
Marlowe.
4. (Med.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.