orgy
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
any actions or proceedings marked by unbridled indulgence of passions: an orgy of killing.
orgies, (in ancient Greece) esoteric religious rituals, especially in the worship of Demeter or Dionysus, characterized in later times by wild dancing, singing, and drinking.
Informal. a boisterous, rowdy party.
Origin of orgy
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How to use orgy in a sentence
Orgies are followed by scrambled eggs and hot chocolate for breakfast.
Orgies of pleasure-seeking, varying from saturnalia to mild sprees, result.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyOlympias, the mother of Alexander, was very fond of these Orgies, in which the serpent was introduced.
Here he introduced the rites of Dionusus, and celebrated his Orgies upon mount Cithron.
Orgies, Gipsies, and gambling all night long, and then sleeps like a dead man till two o'clock in the afternoon.
Reminiscences of Tolstoy | Ilya Tolstoy
Orgies and wild wassail hold a mocking sway in the courts of death.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas | Richard Henry Savage
British Dictionary definitions for orgy
/ (ˈɔːdʒɪ) /
a wild gathering marked by promiscuous sexual activity, excessive drinking, etc
an act of immoderate or frenzied indulgence
(often plural) secret religious rites of Dionysus, Bacchus, etc, marked by drinking, dancing, and songs
Origin of orgy
1Derived forms of orgy
- orgiastic, adjective
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