Orgies

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. {Orgies}.
     A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See {Orgies}
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; sing. {Orgies}. [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia,
     pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See {Organ}, and {Work}.]
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     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.]
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                 As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
                 Those priests high orgies held.    --Drayton.
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     2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited
        carouse. --B. Jonson. --Tennyson.
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     3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two
        couples in a group.
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     4. Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence
        in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.
        [PJC]