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 Definitions of orgy  [ˈɔr dʒi]  

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Definition of 'orgy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) orgy
drunken or licentious revelry, esp. a party characterized by sexual promiscuity.

2.  orgy
any actions or proceedings marked by unbridled indulgence of passions:
an orgy of killing.

3.  orgy
orgies, (in ancient Greece) esoteric religious rituals, esp. in the worship of Demeter or Dionysus.

Etymology:  (1580–90; < MF orgie < L orgia (neut. pl.) secret rites < Gk órgia, akin to érgonwork)

Definition of 'orgy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) orgy, binge, splurge
any act of immoderate indulgence
"an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"

2. (noun) orgy
secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

3. (noun) orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity


Translation of 'orgy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a wild party or celebration
a drunken orgy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: orgie, drinkparty, fuifpa Arabic flag Arabic: طَقْس أحْتِفالي ماجِن وصا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оргия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: orgia Czech flag Czech: orgie German flag German: die Orgie
Danish flag Danish: orgie; -orgie Greek flag Greek: όργιο Spanish flag Spanish: orgía
Estonian flag Estonian: orgia Farsi flag Farsi: جشن بزرگ Finnish flag Finnish: orgiat
French flag French: orgie Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹרגיָה Hindi flag Hindi: मद्यपान उत्सव
Croatian flag Croatian: orgija, razuzdana zabava Hungarian flag Hungarian: orgia Indonesian flag Indonesian: pesta gila-gilaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: svallveisla Italian flag Italian: orgia Japanese flag Japanese: お祭り騒ぎ
Korean flag Korean: 흥청망청 놀고 마시기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: orgija Latvian flag Latvian: orģija
Malay flag Malay: pesta liar Dutch flag Dutch: orgie Norwegian flag Norwegian: orgie
Polish flag Polish: orgia Persian flag Persian: جشن بزرگ Pashto flag Pashto: لوى جشن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: orgia Romanian flag Romanian: orgie Russian flag Russian: оргия
Slovak flag Slovak: orgie Slovenian flag Slovenian: orgija Serbian flag Serbian: orgija
Swedish flag Swedish: orgie Thai flag Thai: การชุมนุมดื่มสุรากันอย่าง Turkish flag Turkish: çılgın parti
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 狂歡 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: оргія Urdu flag Urdu: وحشيانہ تقريب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cuộc chơi trác táng Chinese flag Chinese: 狂欢

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