† orgiophantn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orgiophanta.

Etymology: < classical Latin orgiophanta (isolated attestation in an inscription) < Hellenistic Greek ὀργιοϕάντης a person who shows or expounds the orgies < ancient Greek ὄργια orgies (see orgy n.) + the stem of ϕαίνειν to bring to light, make known, reveal (see -phane comb. form) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns; compare hierophant n. Compare French orgiophante (1752).

Greek History. Obsolete. rare.

An overseer of orgies.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > participants in other specific festivities

savage mana1577

Saturnaliana1665

souler1778

wren-boys?a1800

Jack in the green1835

carnivaller1881

orgiophant1886

strawboy1894

carnivalite1896

garlander1939

1886 C. T. Lewis & C. Short Lat. Dict. Orgiophanta,..a presider over the orgies, an orgiophant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	orgiophant
释义	† orgiophantn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin orgiophanta. Etymology: < classical Latin orgiophanta (isolated attestation in an inscription) < Hellenistic Greek ὀργιοϕάντης a person who shows or expounds the orgies < ancient Greek ὄργια orgies (see orgy n.) + the stem of ϕαίνειν to bring to light, make known, reveal (see -phane comb. form) + -της , suffix forming agent nouns; compare hierophant n. Compare French orgiophante (1752). Greek History. Obsolete. rare. An overseer of orgies. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > participants in other specific festivities savage mana1577 Saturnaliana1665 souler1778 wren-boys?a1800 Jack in the green1835 carnivaller1881 orgiophant1886 strawboy1894 carnivalite1896 garlander1939 1886 C. T. Lewis & C. Short Lat. Dict. Orgiophanta,..a presider over the orgies, an orgiophant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1886
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