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Orgiastic

//ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.

    "1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period."

Adjective
  1. 1
    used of riotously drunken merrymaking wordnet
  2. 2
    used of frenzied sexual activity wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).

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