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NOUN (3)

1. any act of immoderate indulgence;
- Example: "an orgy of shopping"
- Example: "an emotional binge"
- Example: "a splurge of spending"
[syn: orgy, 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: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies. A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orgy n 1: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, 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: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]