ecstasy vs rue

ecstasy

noun
  • A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. 

  • Intense pleasure. 

  • The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form. 

  • A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control. 

verb
  • To experience intense pleasure. 

  • To cause intense pleasure in. 

rue

verb
  • To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place. 

noun
  • Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines. 

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