orgiastic

[ awr-jee-as-tik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.

   Synonyms: riotous, debauched, licentious, wanton

2. tending to arouse or excite unrestrained emotion:

   orgiastic rhythms.

3. Sociology. (of an expressive crowd) reaching a peak of emotional intensity, often of an ecstatic nature and frequently expressed by uninhibited behavior. Compare expressive ( def 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of orgiastic¹

1690–1700; < Greek orgiastikós, derivative (with -tikos -tic ) of orgiázein to celebrate orgies (derivative of órgia secret rites; orgy )

Example Sentences

The worship of some of these deities appears to have included orgiastic rituals: music, wine, sex.

From The Daily Beast

The three were living it up at his Arcore villa outside Milan, made famous by his orgiastic Bunga-Bunga parties.

From The Daily Beast

Yet what should have been an orgiastic love fest, was, surprisingly, far more muted.

From The Daily Beast

It is only in the more extreme form of the ecstatic-orgiastic dance that both sexes participate.

From Project Gutenberg

In what orgiastic festivals do we dispose of the surplus of vital power?

From Project Gutenberg

Of a sudden the rage seemed to die in Hal, spent in that last, orgiastic convulsion of passion.

From Project Gutenberg

All was confusion, all a kind of wild and orgiastic dream, culmination of heredity, of a spirit run amok.

From Project Gutenberg

But it had one curious feature which seemed rather to be primitive and orgiastic.

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Related Words

• indecent
• lewd
• pornographic
• prurient
• salacious
• vulgar