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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; sing. Orgies. [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia,
pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See Organ, and Work.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry. Usually in the plural form.
Note: [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
[1913 Webster]
As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited
carouse. --B. Jonson. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two
couples in a group.
[PJC]
4. Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence
in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Orgies \Or"gies\, n. pl.; sing. Orgy.
Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L.
orgia, pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See Organ, and
Work.]
1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry.
As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. --B. Jonson. Tennyson.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
orgies
n.
1 (plural of en orgy)
2 (plural of en orgie)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
orgies
n.
1 (plural of en orgy)
2 (plural of en orgie)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
orgies
n.
1 (plural of en orgy)
2 (plural of en orgie)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
orgies
n.
1 (plural of en orgy)
2 (plural of en orgie)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
orgies
Englanti n.
(taivm-mon en orgy luok=s)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
orgies
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst orgy)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
orgies'
Engelska n.
(böjning en subst orgy)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Orgies /ˈɔːdʒiz/ الطقوس العربيدةFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
orgies /ˈɔːdʒiz/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]orgie
orgies /ˈɔːdʒiz/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]orgie
orgies /ˈɔːdʒiz/ OrgienFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]see: orgy, have orgies, go wild
From IPA:fr : [ IPA:fr ]/ˈɔɹdʒiz/
/ɔʁʒi/