rapt

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective feeling great rapture or delight

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin raptus, past participle of rapio (“to seize”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic

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