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   orgy

   /ˈɔːdʒi/

   noun

   • 1. a wild party characterized by excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity: "he had a reputation for drunken orgies" Similar wild partydebauchcarousalcarouserevelrevelrybacchanaliabacchanalsaturnaliaDionysiacsskiteinformal:bingejagbooze-upbenderspreedrunklove-ingang bangrave-uptootarchaic:wassail
   • ▪ an instance of excessive indulgence in a specified activity: "an orgy of buying" Similar boutexcesssurfeitoverindulgenceoverconsumptioninformal:spreesplurgebinge
   • 2. secret rites used in the worship of Bacchus, Dionysus, and other Greek and Roman deities, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, and singing: historical "Bacchic orgies"

   Word Origin early 16th century: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia ‘secret rites or revels’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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