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Raptus

//ˈɹaptəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of rapture.

    "In the condition called raptus or ravishment by theologians, breathing and circulation are so depressed that it is a question among the doctors whether the soul be or be not temporarily dissevered from the body."

  2. 2
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion wordnet
  3. 3
    A seizure.
  4. 4
    a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease wordnet

Etymology

From Latin raptus, from rapio (“seize”).

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