Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orgone

/ˈɔːɡəʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: or-gone
IPA: /ˈɔːɡəʊn/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the present report I shall describe the methods of quantitative measurement of the orgone by means of the electroscope and the thermometer."
"So, boys, when those hot licks play over your balls and prick and dart up your ass like an invisible blue blow torch of orgones, in the words of T. J. Watson, Think."

Etymology

Blend of organism + hormone, after German Orgon.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Orgon

Usage

Inflected Forms

orgones (plural)

Derived Forms

anorgonia orgonic orgonite orgonomy Orgonon

Phrases

orgone accumulator

Frequently Paired Words

cloudbuster

Questions

How do you pronounce orgone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔːɡəʊn/.
What does orgone mean?: In the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.
Where does orgone come from?: It is traced to German.

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