1. orgy(n = noun.act) binge, splurge - any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
is a kind of humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering
2. orgy(n = noun.act) - secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity;
is a kind of religious rite, rite
Derived forms adjective orgiastic2, adjective orgiastic1
3. orgy(n = noun.act) bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, riot, saturnalia - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;
is a kind of revel, revelry
Derived forms adjective orgiastic2, adjective orgiastic1
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.
"[The singular is rarely used in this sense.]" [1913 Webster]
"As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held." [1913 Webster]
2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse. B. Jonson.
3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two couples in a group. [PJC]
4. An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks. [PJC]
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies [1913 Webster]
orgy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a wild drunken festivity at which indiscriminate sexual activity takes place.
2 excessive indulgence in an activity.
3 (usu. in pl.) Gk & Rom. Hist. secret rites used in the worship of esp. Bacchus, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, singing, etc.
Etymology:
orig. pl., f. F orgies f. L orgia f. Gk orgia secret rites