orgyn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈɔrdʒi/

Forms: Plural 1500s– orgies Brit.

/ˈɔːdʒɪz/, U.S.

/ˈɔrdʒiz/, 1700s orgyes, 1700s orgys. Singular 1600s 1800s– orgy, 1600s– orgie (now rare).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French orgies.

Etymology: < Middle French, French orgies (plural) ceremonies in honour of Bacchus (1469) < classical Latin orgia (plural) secret rites, especially in honour of Bacchus, also, rites in general < ancient Greek ὄργια (plural; with rare singular ὄργιον ), probably related to ἔργον work, ἔρδειν to work (see work v.). The use in singular is later and until the 19th cent. was comparatively rare; compare French orgie (1573 in sense 1b, 1631 in sense 3a, 1831 in sense 3b).

1. Greek History and Roman History.

a. In plural. Secret rites or ceremonies practised in the worship of various gods of Greek and Roman mythology; esp. those practices connected with the festivals in honour of Dionysus or Bacchus, or the festival itself, which was celebrated with extravagant dancing, singing, drinking, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > heathen general > [noun]

orgy1561

puppetry1572

orgion1613

fetish1705

orgiaca1859

1561 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) sig. Uv Orgies and Thyase, certaine songes and daunces celebrated to the honour of Bacchus.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 135 The Goteheards of Hyrcania hild their Orgies vnto mee [sc. Pan].

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 The Thracian Matrons,..With Furies, and Nocturnal Orgies [L. orgia] fir'd.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 59 The Orgys of Bacchus..were famed through all the Ages of Antiquity.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. i. 30 Diffusion of special mysteries, schemes for religious purification, and orgies (I venture to anglicise the Greek word, which contains in its original meaning no implication of the ideas of excess to which it was afterwards diverted) in honour of some particular god.

1987 L. H. Martin Hellenistic Relig. 98 The end of the Republic, however, saw a revival of the Bacchic orgies among the upper classes.

b. In singular. An instance of these rites; a Bacchic or Dionysian ceremony.

ΚΠ

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 126 It would have resembled an Orgy to Bacchus.

1866 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid vi. 196 An orgie [L. orgia] dance she chose to feign.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 24 To a barbarous ululation the religious orgy wakes.

1972 B. F. Dick Hellenism of Mary Renault 69 The Naxian orgy complements Titian's awesome vision of ‘Dionysian frivolity’ in his Bacchus and Ariadne.

1994 Independent (Nexis) 25 Aug. 17 Greeks were shocked by people like Alexander the Great..who killed his best friend Cleitus during an orgy.

a. gen. Any rites, ceremonies, or secret observances, religious or otherwise (with or without implication of extravagance). Also figurative. Occasionally singular in later use.

ΘΚΠ

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

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 18 ^v Grac'd with the Orgies of my bridall feast.

a1667 A. Cowley Agric. in Verses & Ess. (1687) 108 The Birds above rejoyce with various strains, And in the solemn Scene their Orgies keep.

1746 T. Morell Judas Macchabæus i. 7 Pious Orgies, pious Airs, Decent sorrow, decent Pray'rs, Will to the Lord ascend.

1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 85 On this night..the witches held their orgies on the Blocksberg.

1873 Westm. Rev. Apr. 214/1 Edward Colston, the tutelary saint of Bristol, in whose honour pious orgies are still annually celebrated in that city.

1909 West. Gaz. 21 Apr. 2/1 Perhaps the Mullahs and the hojas did not think this thing would take the orgie form it took.

1913 G. F. Moore Hist. Relig. 343 These orgies are magical-mystical rites.

1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 280 A religious, or perhaps religiose, orgy in which he [sc. Hugh Walpole] participated on his visit to the Gray and Raffalovich circle in Edinburgh.

†b. A panegyric. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun]

encomy1542

eloge1566

celebrating1573

elogium1576

encomium1589

eulogy1591

encomion1601

panegyry1602

panegyric1603

panegyre1604

laudative1605

elogy1612

laudatory1620

encomiasm1634

encomiastica1637

panegyris1646

orgya1657

eulogium1706

panegyrism1894

a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 63 What Numbers bring T' empassionate, and worthy Orgies Sing?

a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 199 To bring His Praise in Catalogue, were but to Singe A forced orgie.

a. An occasion of feasting or revelry, esp. one characterized by excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity. Now frequently: spec. an occasion of group sexual activity.

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

1706 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 199 These rude licentious Orgyes are for Satyrs.

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 521 Friends of stability or rather of retrogression..describing every private supper as an orgie.

1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 6 Heated and inflamed from his midnight orgies.

1840 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith I. 28 He dreaded the ridicule of his fellow-students for the ludicrous termination of his orgie.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxvii The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy.

1976 ‘E. McBain’ Guns (1977) iv. 93 We smoked dope..And had orgies.

1994 Impact Oct. 20/3 No matter what your particular taste may be—interracial sex, big breasts, sex toys, home-made films, gay sex, bi sex, all-girl orgies.

b. In extended use: an occasion of excessive indulgence in any activity, attitude, condition, etc.; an excessive or extravagant display of something. Frequently with of.

ΚΠ

1883 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 400 That orgy of blood and arrogance—the European tyranny of Bonaparte.

1918 B. Tarkington Magnificent Ambersons x. 143 In all the wild orgy of wastefulness and luxury with which the nineteenth century reaches its close, the gilded youth has been surley the worst symptom.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 July (Maryland Weekly section) 9 Our eldest, who had not yet dropped out of this culinary orgy, had fettucine with meat sauce (Bolognese).

1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xl. 662 They liked New York. The weather was lovely and Vivien was having an orgy of shopping.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	orgy
释义	orgyn. Brit. /ˈɔːdʒi/, U.S. /ˈɔrdʒi/ Forms: Plural 1500s– orgies Brit. /ˈɔːdʒɪz/, U.S. /ˈɔrdʒiz/, 1700s orgyes, 1700s orgys. Singular 1600s 1800s– orgy, 1600s– orgie (now rare). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French orgies. Etymology: < Middle French, French orgies (plural) ceremonies in honour of Bacchus (1469) < classical Latin orgia (plural) secret rites, especially in honour of Bacchus, also, rites in general < ancient Greek ὄργια (plural; with rare singular ὄργιον ), probably related to ἔργον work, ἔρδειν to work (see work v.). The use in singular is later and until the 19th cent. was comparatively rare; compare French orgie (1573 in sense 1b, 1631 in sense 3a, 1831 in sense 3b). 1. Greek History and Roman History. a. In plural. Secret rites or ceremonies practised in the worship of various gods of Greek and Roman mythology; esp. those practices connected with the festivals in honour of Dionysus or Bacchus, or the festival itself, which was celebrated with extravagant dancing, singing, drinking, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > heathen general > [noun] orgy1561 puppetry1572 orgion1613 fetish1705 orgiaca1859 1561 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) sig. Uv Orgies and Thyase, certaine songes and daunces celebrated to the honour of Bacchus. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxi. 135 The Goteheards of Hyrcania hild their Orgies vnto mee [sc. Pan]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 The Thracian Matrons,..With Furies, and Nocturnal Orgies [L. orgia] fir'd. View more context for this quotation 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 59 The Orgys of Bacchus..were famed through all the Ages of Antiquity. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. i. 30 Diffusion of special mysteries, schemes for religious purification, and orgies (I venture to anglicise the Greek word, which contains in its original meaning no implication of the ideas of excess to which it was afterwards diverted) in honour of some particular god. 1987 L. H. Martin Hellenistic Relig. 98 The end of the Republic, however, saw a revival of the Bacchic orgies among the upper classes. b. In singular. An instance of these rites; a Bacchic or Dionysian ceremony. ΚΠ 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 126 It would have resembled an Orgy to Bacchus. 1866 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid vi. 196 An orgie [L. orgia] dance she chose to feign. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 24 To a barbarous ululation the religious orgy wakes. 1972 B. F. Dick Hellenism of Mary Renault 69 The Naxian orgy complements Titian's awesome vision of ‘Dionysian frivolity’ in his Bacchus and Ariadne. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 25 Aug. 17 Greeks were shocked by people like Alexander the Great..who killed his best friend Cleitus during an orgy. 2. a. gen. Any rites, ceremonies, or secret observances, religious or otherwise (with or without implication of extravagance). Also figurative. Occasionally singular in later use. ΘΚΠ 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 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 18 ^v Grac'd with the Orgies of my bridall feast. a1667 A. Cowley Agric. in Verses & Ess. (1687) 108 The Birds above rejoyce with various strains, And in the solemn Scene their Orgies keep. 1746 T. Morell Judas Macchabæus i. 7 Pious Orgies, pious Airs, Decent sorrow, decent Pray'rs, Will to the Lord ascend. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 85 On this night..the witches held their orgies on the Blocksberg. 1873 Westm. Rev. Apr. 214/1 Edward Colston, the tutelary saint of Bristol, in whose honour pious orgies are still annually celebrated in that city. 1909 West. Gaz. 21 Apr. 2/1 Perhaps the Mullahs and the hojas did not think this thing would take the orgie form it took. 1913 G. F. Moore Hist. Relig. 343 These orgies are magical-mystical rites. 1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 280 A religious, or perhaps religiose, orgy in which he [sc. Hugh Walpole] participated on his visit to the Gray and Raffalovich circle in Edinburgh. †b. A panegyric. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] encomy1542 eloge1566 celebrating1573 elogium1576 encomium1589 eulogy1591 encomion1601 panegyry1602 panegyric1603 panegyre1604 laudative1605 elogy1612 laudatory1620 encomiasm1634 encomiastica1637 panegyris1646 orgya1657 eulogium1706 panegyrism1894 a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 63 What Numbers bring T' empassionate, and worthy Orgies Sing? a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 199 To bring His Praise in Catalogue, were but to Singe A forced orgie. 3. a. An occasion of feasting or revelry, esp. one characterized by excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity. Now frequently: spec. an occasion of group sexual activity. 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 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 199 These rude licentious Orgyes are for Satyrs. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 521 Friends of stability or rather of retrogression..describing every private supper as an orgie. 1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 6 Heated and inflamed from his midnight orgies. 1840 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith I. 28 He dreaded the ridicule of his fellow-students for the ludicrous termination of his orgie. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxvii The worship of the beautiful always ends in an orgy. 1976 ‘E. McBain’ Guns (1977) iv. 93 We smoked dope..And had orgies. 1994 Impact Oct. 20/3 No matter what your particular taste may be—interracial sex, big breasts, sex toys, home-made films, gay sex, bi sex, all-girl orgies. b. In extended use: an occasion of excessive indulgence in any activity, attitude, condition, etc.; an excessive or extravagant display of something. Frequently with of. ΚΠ 1883 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 400 That orgy of blood and arrogance—the European tyranny of Bonaparte. 1918 B. Tarkington Magnificent Ambersons x. 143 In all the wild orgy of wastefulness and luxury with which the nineteenth century reaches its close, the gilded youth has been surley the worst symptom. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 July (Maryland Weekly section) 9 Our eldest, who had not yet dropped out of this culinary orgy, had fettucine with meat sauce (Bolognese). 1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xl. 662 They liked New York. 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