Orgy
11orgy — [n] celebration devoted to sensual enjoyment bacchanal, bacchanalia, bender*, binge*, blowout*, bout*, carousal, circus*, debauch, dissipation, excess, feast, fling*, indulgence, jag*, merrymaking, overindulgence, party, rampage*, revel, revelry …
12orgy — [ôr′jē] n. pl. orgies [earlier chiefly in pl. < Fr orgies < L orgia, pl. < Gr, pl., secret rites, akin to ergon,WORK] 1. [usually pl.] in ancient Greece and Rome, feasting and wild celebration in worship of certain gods, esp. Dionysus 2 …
13Orgy — Illustration by Édouard Henri Avril For the religious rites of ancient Greece, see Orgia. For the American synth rock band, see Orgy (band) In modern usage, an orgy is a sex party where guests engage in promiscuous or multifarious sexual activity …
14orgy — [[t]ɔ͟ː(r)ʤi[/t]] orgies 1) N COUNT An orgy is a party in which people behave in a very uncontrolled way, especially one involving sexual activity. It was reminiscent of a scene from a Roman orgy. ...a drunken orgy. 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N… …
15orgy — n. 1) to engage in, stage an orgy 2) a drunken orgy * * * [ ɔːdʒɪ] stage an orgy a drunken orgy to engage in …
16orgy — UK [ˈɔː(r)dʒɪ] / US [ˈɔrdʒɪ] noun Word forms orgy : singular orgy plural orgies 1) [countable] a party at which there is a lot of drinking and sexual activity 2) [singular] an occasion on which someone does something in an extreme and… …
17orgy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ drunken, sex, sexual ▪ wild VERB + ORGY ▪ have PREPOSITION ▪ …
18orgy — or|gy [ˈo:dʒi US ˈo:r ] n plural orgies [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: orgie, from Latin orgia (plural), from Greek] 1.) a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity ▪ the drunken orgies of their youth 2.) sexual… …
19orgy — noun (plural orgies) Etymology: Middle French orgie, from Latin orgia, plural, from Greek; akin to Greek ergon work more at work Date: circa 1561 1. secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually… …
20orgy — or|gy [ ɔrdʒi ] noun count 1. ) a party at which there is a lot of drinking and sexual activity 2. ) orgy of an occasion on which someone does something in an extreme and uncontrolled way: SPREE: an orgy of killing ╾ or|gi|as|tic [ ,ɔrdʒi æstık ] …
