单词 | orgia |
释义 | orgian. 1. With plural agreement. Orgies. (Frequently in Greek History and Roman History: see orgy n. 1.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > involving excessive drinking and licentiousness orgiac1487 Lupercal1605 orgion1613 orgy1706 Walpurgis night1823 orgiaca1859 party1926 partouze1959 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of > plural or collective orgiac1487 common prayer1493 sacre1542 obsequy?1550 orgy1597 ritual1611 holies1613 Dagonals1614 sacred1624 agenda1637 ephemeris1650 officials1659 religion1667 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 129 Orpheus brought out of Egipte vnto theym ympnes made in the lande of the goddis, the festis of Bachus god of wyne, whiche be callyd Orgia, and dyuerse ymagyned poemes. ?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian Hist. sig. ffiiiv Orgia be sacrifices, made aswell vnto the Moother of the Goddes, as vnto Bacchus, & other Goddes, by the pryestes called Galli, that are madde. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. iii. 44 Those feasts of Bacchus which are named Orgia. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 553 From him are the Sabasia, old Pagan Orgiaes and Mysteries deriued. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 306 The Triennial Orgyia's [1673 Orgiay's] of Bacchus. 1675 T. Otway Alcibiades i. i. 1 When last Night the Youth of Athens late Rose up the Orgia to Celebrate. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 181 While they are celebrating the Orgia. 1876 Appleton's Jrnl. 15 205/2 Not far from the gardens of Sallust, and where Messalina enacted her last orgia, stands a modern five-story building. 1956 J. Symonds Great Beast (rev. ed.) 155 Those Orgia which so shocked the readers of the Sunday Express and John Bull; although through ignorance of magic..these two papers could only hint at the nature of the Thelemic ceremonies. 1971 R. Kelly Flesh Dream Bk. 42 Flicker of clothes going onto the floor, sweet orgia. 1997 Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. The water is cloudy with cephalopodic orgia as the little guys enjoy their last passion. ΚΠ 1830 J. Galt Life Lord Byron xxxix. 256 The return of the mourners from the burning, is the most appalling orgia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1487 |
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