as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
listening to Mozart always left him in a rhapsody that lingered for the remainder of the evening
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joys
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Quince and manchego empanada at Tzintzuntzan One of the great joys of a vacation at a Mexican resort (besides all of it) is breakfast each morning.—
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Austin American Statesman,
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On the joys of being a chaotic reader.—
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2 Mar. 2026
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“Rhapsodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodies. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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