单词 | orgiastic |
释义 | orgiasticadj. Relating to, characterized by, or of the nature of an orgy or orgies; marked by excitement, extravagance, or licentiousness.Quot. 1698 apparently refers to the power of the flute or another wind instrument to excite emotion: see etymological note above and cf. quot. a1871 at orgiastical adj. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, life, etc. riotous1389 rakehella1547 rakehelly1594 wild oat1676 orgiastic1698 rakish1704 rakehellish1764 rackety1787 fast-going1856 orgiasticala1871 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective] > involving excessive drinking and licentiousness orgiastic1698 Saturnalian1773 orgic1789 orgiac1854 orgiasticala1871 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > flute tibial1656 orgiastic1698 flute-like1729 flutal1794 orgiasticala1871 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 376 For Instrumental [Musick], they [sc. the Persians] have little regard to Stringed, but the Orgiastick they are very expert at. 1839 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Frogs 411 The nature of Cretan Zeus-worship, which Höck considers to have been of a wild orgiastic nature. 1879 Athenæum 27 Dec. 829 After the orgiastic confusion of the revolution. 1896 Science 6 Nov. 695/1 The ‘ecstasy’ and prophetic ‘manteia’ (i.e., mania) which played such a large part in the orgiastic rites of Greece. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! vi. 239 The noise provided by such adjuncts of modern life as the pneumatic drill..leaves the most sadistic and orgiastic of composers at the starting point. 1956 I. Murdoch Flight from Enchanter iv. 52 Rosa learnt to know this mood, which would begin with both the brothers tense and quivering, and would rise rapidly to an orgiastic climax, like some native festival. 1998 Food & Trav. Apr. 46/2 At its most frenetic, towards midnight, it's orgiastic: 2,000 diners, mostly outdoors; assorted combos blowing flutes in festive ears. Derivatives orgiˈasticism n. orgiastic behaviour. ΚΠ 1952 H. H. Gerth & D. A. Martindale tr. M. Weber Anc. Judaism xi. 279 The prophets declaimed against the rural orgiasticism of the fertility cults [Ger. die ländliche Orgiastik der Ackerbaukulte]. 1980 Dædalus Spring 103 Repressed Hindus rejoice in myths of extreme forms of..erotic tantric orgiasticism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1698 |
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