orgy
noun /ˈɔːdʒi/
/ˈɔːrdʒi/
(plural orgies)
- a party at which there is a lot of eating, drinking and sexual activity
- a drunken orgy
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- drunken
- sex
- sexual
- …
- have
- orgy of
- orgy (of something) (disapproving) an extreme amount of a particular activity
- The rebels went on an orgy of killing.
- an orgy of spending
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- drunken
- sex
- sexual
- …
- have
- orgy of
Word Originearly 16th cent.: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia ‘secret rites or revels’.