Extravagant folly or recklessness; vehemence of passion or desire; wildness, infatuation. Cf. madness, n. 1.

‘Violence of passion’ (Johnson); extravagant or rapturous feeling; unrestrained manifestation of grief. Obsolete.

figurative. Intoxication of the mind or feelings; extravagant exhilaration, excitement, or emotion, such as to cause loss of mental or moral…

Wild excitement or enthusiasm; ecstasy; exuberance or lack of restraint.

A remark, belief, practice, etc., considered absurd or deluded. Also: absurdity, delusion.

Rapture.

A personal obsession, compulsion, or obsessive need; excessive excitement or enthusiasm; a collective enthusiasm, usually short-lived, a ‘craze’…

figurative. The state or condition of being excited, exhilarated, or enthralled, esp. to the extent of losing self-control or becoming carried away…

figurative. Excitement, an excited condition.

A state or condition of wild emotion or excitement, (now) esp. extreme happiness or enthusiasm; frenzied activity or behaviour. Also: a fit or…

Passion supposedly inspired in men by nymphs; an ecstasy or yearning, esp. that caused by desire for something unattainable. Also: passion or desire…

figurative: cf. inebriation, n. b.

A state of excited or exalted feeling, like that of a worshipper at an orgy; behaviour or practices associated with orgies.

A state of rapture or excitement. Also: an instance of this; a fit or paroxysm of strong emotion.

Exhilaration; physical excitement.