Orgiastic
//ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk// adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 used of riotously drunken merrymaking wordnet
- 2 used of frenzied sexual activity wordnet
Example
More examples"1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period."
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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