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orgy (ôr)

noun pl. orgies -·gies

  1. in ancient Greece and Rome, feasting and wild celebration in worship of certain gods, esp. Dionysus
  2. any wild merrymaking in a group, esp. with sexual activity
  3. unrestrained indulgence in any activity

Etymology: earlier chiefly in pl. < Fr orgies < L orgia, pl. < Gr, pl., secret rites, akin to ergon, work

orgy Synonyms

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orgy Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • violence: Moreover requests for the deployment of troops were delayed to allow Hindu extremists time to carry out their orgy of violence.
  • destruction: At the end of the orgy of destruction, there were two enormous holes in the door.
  • looting: The joy of liberation was soon followed by anarchy as mobs rampaged through the city in an orgy of looting.
  • consumption: In the latter work the Christmas season has become an orgy of consumption and its religious significance largely forgotten.
  • self-congratulation: I liked the Clash although it was hard to be around the orgy of self-congratulation that they surrounded themselves with.
  • death: Today, fighters in Iraq operate freely, continuing their orgy of death and destruction in order to attract the inevitable heavy-handed US response.

Converse of object

  • become: The theory that everything was good had become an orgy of everything that was bad.
  • have: So the missus and myself went home with a few friends and had an orgy.
  • see: The last few years have seen an orgy of partnership building in the UK.

Adjective modifier

  • wild: There is much rejoicing, and a wild orgy of music and dance ensues.
  • sexual: They probably were present for the purpose of a sexual orgy.

Modifies a noun

  • sequence: It's not shocking, even tho it does feature the most profoundly embarrassing and unerotic orgy sequence since Eyes Wide Shut.

Noun used with modifier

  • sex: Sex orgy reports in the popular press were grist to his mill.
orgy Quotes

Home is heaven and orgies are vile, But you need an orgy, once in a while.

—Nash, (Frederic) Ogden

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