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.
Phrases and idioms:
go into (or be in) raptures be enthusiastic; talk enthusiastically.
Derivatives:
rapturous adj. rapturously adv. rapturousness n.
Etymology: obs. F rapture or med.L raptura (as RAPT)