rapture
/ˈɹæpt͡ʃɚ/ noun C2- Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement. · They went into raptures about the meal they'd had.
- A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
Plural raptures
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With a sigh of rapture she relapsed into silence.
Anne gave herself up to a silent rapture over the shore road and Marilla guided the sorrel abstractedly while she pondered deeply.
Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.
“Tell your sister I am delighted to hear of her improvement on the harp, and pray let her know that I am quite in raptures with her beautiful little design for a table, and I think it infinitely superior to Miss Grantley’s.”
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