Orgy

  • 21orgy — [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ, a descendant of the Indo European base *worg ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22orgy — noun (C) 1 a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity 2 sexual activity in a group 3 an orgy of a short time spent doing too much of an activity in a way that is not sensible or controlled: an orgy of shopping orgiastic… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23orgy — noun 1) a drunken orgy Syn: wild party, debauch, carousal, carouse, revel, revelry; informal binge, jag, bender, love in, toot; literary bacchanal; archaic wassail 2) an orgy of violence Syn: bo …

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  • 24orgy — [ˈɔːdʒi] noun [C] 1) a party at which there is a lot of drinking and sexual activity 2) an orgy of sth an occasion on which someone does something a lot, especially something bad an orgy of killing[/ex] …

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  • 25orgy — [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ, a descendant of the Indo European base *worg ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed… …

    Word origins

  • 26orgy — /awr jee/, n., pl. orgies. 1. wild, drunken or licentious festivity or revelry. 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… …

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  • 27orgy — noun (plural orgies) 1》 a wild party characterized by excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity. 2》 a period of excessive indulgence in a specified activity: an orgy of buying. 3》 secret rites used particularly in the worship of the… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28orgy — or•gy [[t]ˈɔr dʒi[/t]] 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[/ex] 3) anq orgies, (in ancient… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29orgy — /ˈɔdʒi / (say awjee) noun (plural orgies) 1. a gathering where people engage in unbridled sexual activity. 2. wild, drunken, or licentious festivities or revelry. 3. any proceedings marked by unbridled indulgence of passions: *They fear the… …

  • 30Orgy (band) — Orgy Origin Los Angeles, California, United States Genres Synthrock, industrial metal Years active 1996–2004, 2010–present Labels Elementree, Reprise, D1 Music …

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