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orgiastic
[ awr-jee-as-tik ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
Synonyms: riotous, debauched, licentious, wanton
- tending to arouse or excite unrestrained emotion:
orgiastic rhythms.
- 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
Example Sentences
The worship of some of these deities appears to have included orgiastic rituals: music, wine, sex.
The three were living it up at his Arcore villa outside Milan, made famous by his orgiastic Bunga-Bunga parties.
Yet what should have been an orgiastic love fest, was, surprisingly, far more muted.
It is only in the more extreme form of the ecstatic-orgiastic dance that both sexes participate.
In what orgiastic festivals do we dispose of the surplus of vital power?
Of a sudden the rage seemed to die in Hal, spent in that last, orgiastic convulsion of passion.
All was confusion, all a kind of wild and orgiastic dream, culmination of heredity, of a spirit run amok.
But it had one curious feature which seemed rather to be primitive and orgiastic.
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