orgy
noun
[ ˈɔːdʒi ]
• a wild party characterized by excessive drinking and indiscriminate sexual activity.
• "he had a reputation for drunken orgies"
Similar:
wild party,
debauch,
carousal,
carouse,
revel,
revelry,
bacchanalia,
bacchanal,
saturnalia,
Dionysiacs,
skite,
binge,
jag,
booze-up,
bender,
spree,
drunk,
love-in,
gang bang,
rave-up,
toot,
wassail,
• secret rites used in the worship of Bacchus, Dionysus, and other Greek and Roman deities, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, and singing.
• "Bacchic orgies"
Origin:
early 16th century: originally plural, from French orgies, via Latin from Greek orgia ‘secret rites or revels’.
