orgiastic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).
Meanings
-
Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
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—
1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 182:1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most orgiastic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more orgiastic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
orgiastically · orgiasticism · unorgiastic
Relateds
Translations (13)
hy խրախճանային (relating to an orgy) · lt orgiškas (relating to an orgy) · pl orgiastyczny (relating to an orgy) · ru разну́зданный (relating to an orgy) · bg разюздан (relating to an orgy) · hy գինարբուքային (relating to an orgy) · hy օրգիաստիկ (relating to an orgy) · sv orgiastisk (relating to an orgy) · bg необуздан (relating to an orgy) · es orgiástico (relating to an orgy) · mk оргија́шки (relating to an orgy) · fr orgiastique (relating to an orgy) · mk ра́зуздан (relating to an orgy)