different between elevated vs ecstatic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ve?t?d/
• Hyphenation: el?e?vated

Verb

elevated

1. simple past tense and past participle of elevate

Adjective

elevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated)

1. Raised, particularly above ground level.
2. Increased, particularly above a normal level.

   the elevated language of poetry

3. Of a higher rank or status.
4. (computing) Running with administration rights granted

   Install all the required tools from an elevated console.

5. (archaic, slang) intoxicated; drunk

Translations

Noun

elevated (plural elevateds)

1. (US) An elevated railway.
   • 1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated.

   • 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York

     While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.

English

Alternative forms

• ecstatick (obsolete)
• extatic (obsolete)
• extatick (obsolete)
• extatique (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (ekstatikós). Surface analysis: ecstasy +? -atic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?stæt?k/

Adjective

ecstatic (comparative more ecstatic, superlative most ecstatic)

1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
2. Extremely happy.
3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.

   ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance

   • 1649, Henry Hammond, The Pastor's Motto

     this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy

Synonyms

• blissful
• delirious
• elated
• euphoric
• joyful
• joyous

Translations

Noun

ecstatic (plural ecstatics)

1. (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.11:

     I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.

2. A person in a state of ecstasy.