Dictionary

orgastic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈoɹ.ɡæstɪk/ (US)
• /ɔːˈɡæstɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From orgas(m) + -ic (with t as in spastic) or -astic (as in e.g. sarcastic, pleonastic).

Meanings

1. Orgasmic (exciting or stimulating; relating to or prone to orgasm).
   • In the older half of our sample the nondevout women are somewhat more orgastic than the devout, but in the younger half of the sample it is the devout who are more orgastic. 1974, Morton M. Hunt, Sexual behavior in the 1970s, page 214:
   • However, Pomeroy's (1965) data are contradictory, in that he found prostitutes to be more orgastic than normal women. 1976, Benjamin J. Sadock, Harold I. Kaplan, Alfred M. Freedman, editors, The Sexual Experience, page 370:
   • Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 171:
   • There is surely no more orgastic torture for children than the cries of another child being punished. 1954, Cornell University, Epoch, volume 6, page 27:

Forms

Deriveds

postorgastic · antiorgastic · orgastically · orgastic potency · preorgastic

Relateds

orgiastic