Enraptured
/ɪnˈræp.tʃɚd/noun
Filled with intense delight or wonder; captivated.
Did you know?The word comes from the same Latin root as *rape*, but in older English it meant being seized, carried off, or swept into an ecstatic state—not its modern legal sense.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
rapere
“to seize, snatch, carry off”
Late Latin
Latin
raptus
“a seizing or carrying off; also an ecstatic transport”
Middle French
French
enrapturer
“to transport with delight or ecstasy”
16th Century
English
enraptured
“seized with intense delight or ecstasy”
Modern English
English
enraptured
“filled with intense delight or wonder”