n. 1 a ecstatic delight, mental transport. b (in pl.) great pleasure or enthusiasm or the expression of it. 2 archaic the act of transporting a person from one place to another. go into (or be in) raptures be enthusiastic; talk enthusiastically. rapturous adj. rapturously adv. rapturousness n.
[ obs. F rapture or med.L raptura (as RAPT) ]