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orgiastic

or·gias·tic

UK/ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

used of frenzied sexual activity

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2.

used of riotously drunken merrymaking

  • “a night of bacchanalian revelry”
  • “carousing bands of drunken soldiers”
  • “orgiastic festivity”

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).

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