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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. | |
2. | Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse. | |
3. | A series of sexual activities involving more than two couples in a group. | |
4. | An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence in passion; | |
1. | A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies |
Noun | 1. | orgy - any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" |
2. | orgy - secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity | |
3. | orgy - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |