Definitions for orgiasticˌɔr dʒiˈæs tɪk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

or•gi•as•ticˌɔr dʒiˈæs tɪk(adj.)

  1. of, pertaining to, or having the nature of an orgy.

  2. tending to arouse or excite unrestrained emotion:

    orgiastic rhythms.

Origin of orgiastic:

1690–1700; < Gk orgiastikós, der. (with -tikos -tic ) of orgiázein to celebrate orgies, der. of órgia secret rites

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orgiastic(adj)

    used of frenzied sexual activity

  2. bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic(adj)

    used of riotously drunken merrymaking

    "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity"

Wiktionary

  1. orgiastic(Adjective)

    Relating to an orgy; wild, uncontrolled.


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