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orgiˈastical, a. rare. [f. as prec. + -al1.] Of orgiastic character or tendency.
a1871Grote Eth. Fragm. vi. (1876) 228 The flute which he considers as not ethical, but orgiastical—calculated to excite violent and momentary emotions. 1930Observer 26 Jan. 10 The Greek Tragedy up to date includes a number of ballads, revolutionary songs, and orgiastical dances. Hence orgiˈastically adv.
1930A. Bennett Imperial Palace xliii. 310 A grand climacteric of display designed orgiastically to receive the New Year into the infinite succession of years. 1934[see colouristic a.]. 1961J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxiii. 238 Yossarian and Dunbar were busy in a far corner pawing orgiastically at four or five frolicsome girls and six bottles of red wine. 1965Eng. Stud. Feb. 28 We may get nearer the truth by seeing Venus..as having fused orgiastically with Adonis. |