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orgiastic

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acgiiorstStarts with OEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Word 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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  • 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.
  • Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning—

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