How do you pronounce orgiastic?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/.

orgiastic

/ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: or-gias-tic
IPA: /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.

Example Sentences

"1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period."
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning—"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὀργιαστικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/
British English: /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/

Inflected Forms

more orgiastic (comparative) most orgiastic (superlative)

Derived Forms

orgiastically orgiasticism unorgiastic

Frequently Paired Words

orgastic

Synonyms

bacchanalian bacchanal bacchic carousing

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic