Orgy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Orgy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orgy n any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" Synonym(s): orgy, binge, splurge secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Synonym(s): orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. {Orgies}. A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See {Orgies}