orgy

Meaning

1. A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor 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. An instance or period of 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

Translations

orgie

orgía

orgia

Orgie

orgia

orgie

orgia

όργιο

zwelgpartij

drinkgelag

orgia

bacanal

ammucchiata

zwelgerij

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 .