a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion, esp joyous ecstasy
(usu in pl) an state or expression of extreme happiness or enthusiasm
She went into raptures over the new car
a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things
rapturous /-rəs/ adj
rapturously /-rəsli/ adv
rapturousness /-rəsnis/ noun
[Latin raptus: see rapt]