rapturous

rapturous
rapturously, adv.rapturousness, n.
/rap"cheuhr euhs/, adj.
1. full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
2. characterized by, attended with, or expressive of such rapture: rapturous praise.
[1670-80; RAPTURE + -OUS]

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