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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  orgy
       n 1: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an
            emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: binge,
             splurge]
       2: secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities
          involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual
          activity
       3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
          promiscuity [syn: debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
           bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το σεξουαλικό όργιο
     2 το όργιο, μεγάλη ποσότητα, πληθωρική παρουσία ενός πράγματος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     n.
     1 Originally, secret rites or ceremony, typically involving riotous
  and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and
  indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan
  gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris,
  etc). (century: 16)
     2 A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
     3 Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     n.
     1 Originally, secret rites or ceremony, typically involving riotous
  and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and
  indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan
  gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris,
  etc). (century: 16)
     2 A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
     3 Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     n.
     1 Originally, secret rites or ceremony, typically involving riotous
  and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and
  indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan
  gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris,
  etc). (century: 16)
     2 A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
     3 Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     n.
     1 Originally, secret rites or ceremony, typically involving riotous
  and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and
  indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan
  gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris,
  etc). (century: 16)
     2 A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
     3 Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     Englanti n.
     1 orgiat
     2 vimma, raivo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  orgy
     Engelska n.
     (tagg språk=en kat=sexualitet) orgie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  الطقوس العربيدة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  orgy //ˈɔɹd͡ʒi// //ˈɔː.d͡ʒi// 
  о́ргия
  sexual group activity

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  orgie

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  obřady

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  Orgie 
   see: orgies, have orgies, go wild
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  
  όργιο, κραιπάλη

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  orgy //ˈɔɹd͡ʒi// //ˈɔː.d͡ʒi// 
  1. orgiat, mässäily
  excessive activity
  2. orgiat, ryhmäseksi
  sexual group activity

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  orgy /ɔːdʒiː/
  orgie

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/ 
  1. मद्य~पान~उत्सव
        "Don't go to an orgy."
  2. आधिक्य
        "She went ahead in an orgy of spending before Diwali "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  gozba, orgija, pijanka

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  1. tobzódás
  2. orgia

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  orgy //ˈɔɹd͡ʒi// //ˈɔː.d͡ʒi// 
  オージー, 乱交, 乱交パーティー
  sexual group activity

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  orgy /ɔːdʒiː/
  drinkgelag, orgie, zwelgerij, zwelgpartij

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  orgy /ˈɔ:ʤɪ/ 
   1.  orgia
   2.  rozpasanie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  orgy /ɔːdʒiː/
  bacanal, orgia

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  orgy //ˈɔɹd͡ʒi// //ˈɔː.d͡ʒi// 
  orgie 2.
  excessive activity
   3.
  sexual group activity

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  orgy /ˈɔːdʒi/
  1. sefahat
  2. aşırı düşkünlük
  3. (gen.) (çoğ.) eski Yunanistan ve Roma'da tanrılar ve özellikle Baküs için yapılan gizli dinsel törenlerde fazla heyecanlı şarkı söyleyip dans etme ve çılgınca hareketlerde bulunma.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɔɹdʒi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "orgy":
     Saturnalia, abandon, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat,
     bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration,
     compotation, craze, debauch, debauchery, debauchment, delirium,
     dissipation, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, ecstasy,
     escapade, fire and fury, fling, free living, frenzy, furor, furore,
     fury, guzzle, high living, hysteria, intoxication, jag,
     killing pace, lark, licentiousness, madness, orgasm,
     overindulgence, party, passion, ploy, potation, pub-crawl, rage,
     rampage, randan, randy, rapture, ravishment, revel, riotous living,
     saturnalia, soak, splurge, spree, symposium, tear, tearing passion,
     toot, towering rage, transport, wassail, wingding
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.放荡; [pl.]狂欢

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 闹酒狂歌;狂欢;放荡;热衷

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