Why this word is great
RAPTUROUSNESS — [Noun] The state or condition of being rapturous, characterized by intense joy or ecstasy. From rapturous ("marked by rapture or ecstasy") + -ness (suffix forming nouns indicating a state or condition). Unlike "euphoria" (a diffuse, buoyant high) or "blissfulness" (a calm, sunlit contentment), rapturousness is surrender—being swept into something greater than oneself. It is the lover’s gasp at first touch, the choir’s crescendo that lifts the congregation to their feet, the solitary walker stopping mid-stride beneath a sky suddenly alive with starlight—the rare, fleeting moment when the world cracks open, and for once, you do not mind being small inside it.