orgiastic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, exciting), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, orgy celebrator), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, to celebrate orgies), from ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔɹdʒiˈæstɪk/
    Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

orgiastic (comparative more orgiastic, superlative most orgiastic)

  1. Relating to an orgy; wild, uncontrolled. [from the late 16th c.][1]
    • 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope
      Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.

Translations

References

  1. orgiastic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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