orgiastic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- Synonyms:
- riotous, debauched, licentious, wanton
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tending to arouse or excite unrestrained emotion.
orgiastic rhythms.
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Sociology. (of an expressive crowd) reaching a peak of emotional intensity, often of an ecstatic nature and frequently expressed by uninhibited behavior.
Etymology
Origin of orgiastic
1690–1700; < Greek orgiastikós, derivative (with -tikos -tic ) of orgiázein to celebrate orgies (derivative of órgia secret rites; see orgy)
Example Sentences
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If Mini Brands shrink the grocery shopping experience into the palm of your hand, “Supermarket Sweep” supersizes it, dramatizing the errand as an orgiastic ritual.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2021
No bridge is long enough to span the abyss between “best efforts” and “spreading dangerous bull hockey from a woman who believes in disease-spreading orgiastic dream demons.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2020
With its PG-13 rating, and its solemn statements of faith in the band as a family, “Bohemian Rhapsody” may be the least orgiastic tribute ever paid to the world of rock.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 26, 2018
Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images But it isn’t just this orgiastic edible entanglement of trademarks that makes these sort of shock foods notable.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2016
In spite of the terrible pomps that surrounded the advent of the decalogue, there subsisted for his eternal temptation the furnace of Moloch and Baal’s orgiastic nights.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar
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