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ORGY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Synonyms:

bacchanal; bacchanalia; debauch; debauchery; drunken revelry; orgy; riot; saturnalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("orgy" is a kind of...):

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

Derivation:

orgiastic (used of riotously drunken merrymaking)

orgiastic (used of frenzied sexual activity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("orgy" is a kind of...):

religious rite; rite (an established ceremony prescribed by a religion)

Derivation:

orgiastic (used of riotously drunken merrymaking)

orgiastic (used of frenzied sexual activity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any act of immoderate indulgence

Example:

a splurge of spending

Synonyms:

binge; orgy; splurge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("orgy" is a kind of...):

humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)

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