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orgy Noun pl -gies 1. a wild party involving promiscuous sexual activity and excessive drinking 2. an act of immoderate or frenzied indulgence: the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction [Greek orgia secret rites] orgiastic adj orgy 1. In ancient Greece or Rome. a wild celebration in honor of certain gods. See also: Alcohol
2. riotous merrymaking, especially with excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, and drugs. — orgiast, n. — orgiastic, adj. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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. |
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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. 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. There was an orgy of tears and leavetakings, and then they drove away into the odorous moonlight night. |
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