orgy
/ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).
Example Sentences
- "Human sacrifices of a definitely black magical order took place at the tomb of Osiris, while similar orgies with human victims were performed at Heliopolis."
- "The amount of drink required also surprised me. I arranged for what I thought we should need for ourselves, and then Mr Goyles spoke up for the crew. I must say that for him, he did think of his men. ’We don’t want anything in the nature of an orgy, Mr Goyles,’ I suggested. ’Orgy!’ replied Mr Goyles; ‘why they’ll take that little drop in their tea.’"
- "As two Homeric warriors, before they engage, introduce themselves by proclaiming each his lineage, so with Pelasgus and the Danaïds. Together they indulge in a veritable genealogical orgy."
- "Gorea 07: 'OUR DEFENSES WERE USELESS AGAINST GOREA AS IT SWEPT THROUGH OUR EMPIRE IN AN ORGY OF ANNIHILATION.'"
- "It's an orgy of perfectly choreographed cartoon uber violence and is the game the Devil May Cry series always promised but never delivered."
- "The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility."
Etymology
Originally in plural from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/