Definitions for orgyˈɔr dʒi

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

or•gyˈɔr dʒi(n.)(pl.)-gies.

  1. drunken or licentious revelry, esp. a party characterized by sexual promiscuity.

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

    an orgy of killing.

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

    Category: Antiquities

Origin of orgy:

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

Princeton's WordNet

  1. orgy, binge, splurge(noun)

    any act of immoderate indulgence

    "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"

  2. orgy(noun)

    secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

  3. orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry(noun)

    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Wiktionary

  1. orgy(Noun)

    A revel involving indiscriminate group sexual activity.

  2. orgy(Noun)

    Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

  3. Origin: Originally in plural from orgies, from orgia, from ὄργια.


Translations for orgy

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

orgy(noun)

a wild party or celebration

a drunken orgy.

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