orgy

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English

Etymology

Originally in plural from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒi

Noun

orgy (plural orgies)

1. Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). [from 16th c.]
2. A gathering of people to engage in group sex.

   Synonym: (vulgar) fuckfest

3. Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.
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Hyponyms

• cuntfest
• gangbang
• suckfest

Derived terms

• couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel
• orgiast
• orgiastic
• orgy-goer
• orgylike

Translations

See also

• group sex

Anagrams

• gyro, gyro-, Győr, Gory, gory