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orgy(dictionary)

orgy (oh)



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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: orgie, from Latin orgia (plural), from Greek]
a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity
::the drunken orgies of their youth
sexual activity in a group
an orgy of sth
used to emphasize that people suddenly do a lot of a particular activity, especially far too much of it
::an orgy of spending
::an orgy of violence
-- orgiastic /7C:dVi5AstIk ?@ 7C:r-/ adj