orgy

English

Etymology

Originally in plural from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹd͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒi

Noun

orgy (plural orgies)

1. Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). [from 16th c.]
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 39:

     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.

2. A gathering of people to engage in group sex.

   Synonym: (vulgar) fuckfest

3. Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.
   • 2006 March 20, Nintendo Software Technology, Metroid Prime Hunters, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Logbook – Lore:

     Gorea 07: 'OUR DEFENSES WERE USELESS AGAINST GOREA AS IT SWEPT THROUGH OUR EMPIRE IN AN ORGY OF ANNIHILATION.'

Hyponyms

• cuntfest
• gangbang
• suckfest

Derived terms

• couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel
• orgiast
• orgiastic
• orgy-goer
• orgylike

Translations

gathering involving riotous and dissolute behavior

• Esperanto: orgio

sexual group activity

• Armenian: օրգիա (hy) (ōrgia)
• Belarusian: о́ргія f (órhija)
• Bulgarian: о́ргия (bg) (órgija)
• Catalan: orgia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亂交派對／乱交派对 (luànjiāo pàiduì)

• Czech: orgie (cs) f
• Danish: orgie n
• Dutch: orgie (nl)
• Esperanto: orgio
• Finnish: orgiat (fi) pl, ryhmäseksi (fi)
• French: orgie (fr) f, partouze (fr) f
• Galician: orxía (gl) f
• German: Orgie (de) f
• Greek: όργιο (el) n (órgio), παρτούζα (el) f (partoúza)
• Hebrew: אוֹרְגִיָה (he) f (órgiya)
• Hungarian: orgia (hu)
• Icelandic: orgía f
• Italian: orgia (it) f
• Japanese: 乱交パーティー (らんこうパーティー, rankō pātī), オージー (ōjī), 乱交 (らんこう, rankō)
• Korean: 난교(亂交) (nan'gyo), 란교(亂交) (ran'gyo) (North Korea), 주신제 (jusinje)
• Latin: orgia
• Latvian: orģija f
• Lithuanian: òrgija f
• Macedonian: оргија f (orgija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: orgie m

• Polish: orgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: orgia (pt) f
• Romanian: orgie (ro) f
• Russian: о́ргия (ru) f (órgija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀ргија f

  Roman: òrgija (sh) f

• Slovak: orgia f
• Slovene: órgija f
• Spanish: orgía (es) f
• Swedish: orgie (sv) c
• Turkish: alem (tr), seks partisi
• Ukrainian: о́ргія (uk) f (órhija)

excessive activity

• Danish: orgie n
• Esperanto: orgio
• Finnish: orgiat (fi) pl, mässäily (fi)
• French: orgie (fr) f
• German: Orgie (de) f
• Greek: όργιο (el) n (órgio)
• Lithuanian: lėbavimas m
• Macedonian: пир m (pir)
• Polish: orgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: orgia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀ргија f

  Roman: òrgija (sh) f

• Spanish: orgía (es) f
• Swedish: orgie (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} partouze (fr) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ammucchiata (it) f

See also

• group sex

Anagrams

• gyro, gyro-, Győr, Gory, gory