Emily Dickinson Lexicon

eclipse (-s), n. [OFr < Gr. 'to forsake it's accustomed place, fail to appear'.] (webplay: earth, darkness, life, star, sun, whole).

1. Total darkness.
2. An obscuring of the light.
3. The literal scientific eclipse of the sun – the moon totally or partially hides the sun's disk.

eclipse, v. [see eclipse, n.]

To blind.

economical, adj. [see economy, n.] (webplay: keep).

1. Prudent; frugal; careful in managing household resources.
2. Stingy; miserly; parsimonious; penurious; begrudging.

economy, n. [L. aconomia < Gr. 'one who manages a household'.] (webplay: nature, time).

1. Wisdom; prudence; frugality; [fig.] elegance; finesse; modest style (see L. brevia); [Webster 1844] effective poetic arrangement; proper disposition of language elements.
2. Management; regulation; government; discipline; order; rigor; [fig.] obedience; faithfulness.
3. Home; household resources; (see Thoreau's “Economy” in Walden).

ecstasy (-'s, ecstasies, extacy, extacies, extasy), n. [OFr < L. < Gk έκσϒα, to put out of place.] (webplay: leave).

1. Fit; catalepsy; convulsion; paroxysm; seizure; [fig.] crisis; excessive suffering; [antithesis] trance; rapture; transport; fixed state; separation of the body and the spirit; [Webster 1884] “state in which the functions of the senses are suspended by the contemplation of some extraordinary or supernatural object.”
2. Pleasure; rapture; intense emotion; delight that arrests the whole mind; state of being beside oneself with joy.
3. Distraction; enthusiasm; ebullience; exuberance; outpouring; [fig.] show; exhibition; performance; recital; spectacle.
4. Elevation of mind; contemplation of the extraordinary; [fig.] poetry.

ecstatic (extatic), adj. [see ecstasy, n.]

Entrancing; delightful beyond measure.

ecstatically, adv.

[see ecstasy, n.] With excessive joy; [fig.] actively; energetically; rapidly.

eddy (-ies), n. [etymology unknown.]

Figuratively, a swirling movement of heat and light.

eddy (-ies, -ied), v. [see eddy, n.] (webplay: Wheel).

To whirl around, to move in circles.

Eden ('ll, 's), proper n. [Heb. 'pleasure, delight' < Sumerian edin, plain.] (webplay: Adam, Eve, God himself, paradise).

1. Biblical garden; primordial state; cradle of civilization; birthplace of mankind; abode of our first parents; sinless state of the world before Adam and Eve's fall and expulsion; paradise lost [see Genesis 2:8 and ED letters]; [fig.] heaven; supernal bliss.
2. After-life; spirit world; Elysium; life after death and before the resurrection; resting place of the dead before the final judgment.
3. Heaven; eternity; immortality; mansion on high; paradisiacal glory; kingdom of God; dwelling place in the presence of the Lord.
4. Harbor; cove; inlet; [fig.] haven; security; calm; shelter; safe place; back water bay; place free of danger and evil; [historical] East Eden, Maine; port where Samuel Bowles learned to row.
5. The Tropics; heaven on earth; tropical paradise; promised land; place full of flowers, sunshine, and birds; [synonym] Brazil.
6. Spring; summer; season of new life; beauties of nature; time of growth and verdure; [fig.] pleasure; delight; ecstasy; innocent enjoyment; state of bliss.
7. Now; today; mortality; time of temptation; this life; present time; [historical] Amherst, Massachusetts; home of the Dickinson family.