Euphoria

/juːˈfɔːriə/ noun

Definition

An intense feeling of happiness, excitement, or well-being — a state so elevated it implies its own impermanence.

Etymology

From Greek euphoria (power of enduring easily), from eu- (well) + pherein (to bear). Originally meant the ease a patient felt after receiving medicine — a medical term for feeling good. The ecstatic meaning came later.

Kelly Says

Euphoria originally meant a patient feeling better after treatment — not ecstasy, just relief. We escalated a medical term for "not in pain anymore" into our word for the highest possible joy. Perhaps the greatest happiness really is just the absence of suffering.

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