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or·gy

(ôr′jē)

n. pl. or·gies

1. A social gathering involving unrestrained indulgence, especially sexual activity and drinking.

2. Uncontrolled or immoderate indulgence in an activity: an orgy of spending.

3. A secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities, typically involving frenzied singing, dancing, drinking, and sexual activity.

[From Early Modern English orgies, secret rites (as those practiced by the ancient Greeks for Dionysus), from Old French, from Latin orgia, from Greek; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]

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orgy

(ˈɔːdʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

1. a wild gathering marked by promiscuous sexual activity, excessive drinking, etc

2. an act of immoderate or frenzied indulgence

3. (Classical Myth & Legend) (often plural) secret religious rites of Dionysus, Bacchus, etc, marked by drinking, dancing, and songs

[C16: from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Greek: nocturnal festival]

ˌorgiˈastic adj

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or•gy

(ˈɔr dʒi)

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.

3. orgies, (in ancient Greece) esoteric religious rituals, esp. in the worship of Demeter or Dionysus.

[1580–90; < Middle French orgie < Latin orgia (neuter pl.) secret rites < Greek órgia, akin to érgon work]

orgy

1. In ancient Greece or Rome. a wild celebration in honor of certain gods.
2. riotous merrymaking, especially with excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, and drugs. — orgiast, n. — orgiastic, adj.

orgy

noun

1. party, celebration, rave (Brit. slang), revel, festivity, bender (informal), debauch, revelry, carouse, Saturnalia, bacchanal, rave-up (Brit. slang), bacchanalia, carousal, hooley or hoolie (chiefly Irish & N.Z.) a drunken orgy

2. spree, fit, spell, run, session, excess, bout, indulgence, binge (informal), splurge, surfeit, overindulgence, sesh (slang) He blew £43,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.

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orgy

noun

A period of uncontrolled self-indulgence:

binge, fling, rampage, spree.

Slang: jag.

Translations

طَقْس أحْتِفالي ماجِن وصاخِب، عَرْبَدَه

orgie

Orgie

όργιο παρτούζα

orgía

orgiepartouse

orgija

orgia

svallveisla

orgia

orgijalėbavimas

orģija

orgie

orgia

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çılgın parti

狂欢

orgy

[ˈɔːdʒɪ] N (lit, fig) → orgía f
an orgy of destruction → una orgía de destrucción

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orgy

[ˈɔː^rdʒi] n → orgie f
an orgy of violence → une orgie de violence
an orgy of destruction → une orgie de destruction

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orgy

n (lit, fig) → Orgie f; drunken orgy → Sauforgie f; an orgy of killing → eine Blutorgie; orgy of spending → Kauforgie f; an orgy of colour (Brit) or color (US) → eine orgiastische Farbenpracht

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orgy

[ˈɔːdʒɪ] n (also) (fig) → orgia

orgy

(ˈoːdʒi) – plural ˈorgies – noun

a wild party or celebration. a drunken orgy.

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I was not ashamed nor sorry because of that first day's orgy at Benicia, and I thought no more about it, returning gladly to my books and studies.

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This was exactly a week after a dreadful orgy at the Ekaterinhof gardens, where Nastasia Philipovna had been present.

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For a moment the bull stood bellowing and quivering with pain and rage, its cloven hoofs widespread, its tail lashing viciously from side to side, and then, in a mad orgy of bucking it went careening about the arena in frenzied attempt to unseat its rending rider.

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One after another of us joined in the orgy of rage, until even old Marrow-Bone was mumbling and spluttering with his cracked voice and withered lips.

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It was a mad orgy of imagination, wassailing in the skull of a dying man who half sobbed under his breath and was quick with the wild flutter of fading heart-beats.

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There was an orgy of tears and leavetakings, and then they drove away into the odorous moonlight night.

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You can't contribute a cent to this orgy, that's SETTLED."

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He wished for an orgy. The little draughts that led nowhere were taking the manhood out of him.

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These latter, the rumour had it, they sacrificed to some terrible god in an orgy which ended in the eating of their victims.

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He had violent passions, and on occasion desire seized his body so that he was driven to an orgy of lust, but he hated the instincts that robbed him of his self-possession.

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This was their day, their feast of fools, their saturnalia, the annual orgy of the corporation of Law clerks and of the school.

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Not knowing anything about orgies, Eric does research, which involves orgy movies, orgy books and a visit to a swingers' club somewhere on Long Island that treats viewers to much simulated sex and bodies guaranteed to make the principal characters look like Victoria's Secrets models by comparison.

Noun	1.	orgy - any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" binge, splurge humoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
	2.	orgy - secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity religious rite, rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"
	3.	orgy - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, bacchanalia, saturnalia, bacchanal, riot revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking