orgy

Meaning

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).
2. A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
3. Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

Synonyms

saturnalia

debauch

debauchery

binge

drunken revelry

bacchanalia

bacchanal

riot

splurge

revelry

Bacchanalia

orgie

Bacchanal

fuckfest

crapulence

dissipation

festivity

lewdness

licentiousness

profligate

promiscuity

rakishness

wantonness

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

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

Sentences

After experiencing a mind-blowing sensual orgy , Mike was sure he had taken an overdose .