orgiastic

[ awr-jee-as-tik ]

/ ˌɔr dʒiˈæs tɪk /

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adjective

of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.

tending to arouse or excite unrestrained emotion: orgiastic rhythms.

Sociology. (of an expressive crowd) reaching a peak of emotional intensity, often of an ecstatic nature and frequently expressed by uninhibited behavior.Compare expressive (def. 4).

OTHER WORDS FOR orgiastic

1 wanton, licentious, debauched, riotous.

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Origin of orgiastic

1690–1700; <Greek orgiastikós, derivative (with -tikos-tic) of orgiázein to celebrate orgies (derivative of órgia secret rites; see orgy)

Words nearby orgiastic

organzine, orgasm, orgasmic, orgeat, Orgetorix, orgiastic, orgone, orgone box, orgone energy, orgulous, orgy

How to use orgiastic in a sentence

The worship of some of these deities appears to have included orgiastic rituals: music, wine, sex.
Meet Krampus, the Seriously Bad Santa|Jay Michaelson|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The three were living it up at his Arcore villa outside Milan, made famous by his orgiastic Bunga-Bunga parties.
Was Putin’s Midnight Visit to Berlusconi About Bunga Bunga?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet what should have been an orgiastic love fest, was, surprisingly, far more muted.
The Avatar Backlash|Nicole LaPorte|December 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is only in the more extreme form of the ecstatic-orgiastic dance that both sexes participate.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

In what orgiastic festivals do we dispose of the surplus of vital power?
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
Of a sudden the rage seemed to die in Hal, spent in that last, orgiastic convulsion of passion.
Cursed|George Allan England
All was confusion, all a kind of wild and orgiastic dream, culmination of heredity, of a spirit run amok.
Cursed|George Allan England
But it had one curious feature which seemed rather to be primitive and orgiastic.
Appearances|Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson