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Definition of orgy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orgy

noun
 
/ˈɔːdʒi/
 
/ˈɔːrdʒi/
(plural orgies)
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  1. a party at which there is a lot of eating, drinking and sexual activity
    • a drunken orgy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • drunken
    • sex
    • sexual
    • …
    verb + orgy
    • have
    preposition
    • orgy of
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  2. 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
    • …
    verb + orgy
    • have
    preposition
    • orgy of
    See full entry
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia ‘secret rites or revels’.
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