/ ˈræptʃə(r); NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( formal ) a feeling of extreme pleasure and happiness
SYN delight :
Charles listened with rapture to her singing.
The children gazed at her in rapture.
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IDIOMS
- be in, go into, etc. raptures (about / over sb/sth)
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense seizing and carrying off ): from obsolete French , or from medieval Latin raptura seizing, partly influenced by rapt .