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(orgies) 1. An orgy is a party in which people behave in a very uncontrolled way, especially one involving sexual activity. ...a drunken orgy. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to an activity as an orgy of that activity to emphasize that it is done to an excessive extent. One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction... N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n c darkgreen]emphasis
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noun (plural orgies) Etymology: Middle French orgie, from Latin orgia, plural, from Greek; akin to Greek ergon work — more at work Date: circa 1561 1. secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing 2. a. drunken revelry b. a sexual encounter involving many people; also an excessive sexual indulgence 3. excessive indulgence in something especially to satisfy an inordinate appetite or craving an ~ of destruction a national ~ of thrill seeking and risk taking — K. T. Greenfeld ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a wild drunken festivity at which indiscriminate sexual activity takes place. 2 excessive indulgence in an activity. 3 (usu. in pl.) Gk & Rom. Hist. secret rites used in the worship of esp. Bacchus, celebrated with dancing, drunkenness, singing, etc. Etymology: orig. pl., f. F orgies f. L orgia f. Gk orgia secret rites ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. оргия; разгул an orgy of speechmaking —- необузданное словоблудие 2. (of) волна, вспышка, всплеск (чего-л.) a regular orgy of parties and concerts —- бесконечные вечера и концерты an orgy of eating —- обжорство an orgy of work —- всепоглощающая работа an orgy crime —- взрыв преступности an orgy of bloodshed —- страшное кровопролитие 3. обыкн. pl. др-греч. др-рим. вакхические оргии, вакханалии (также the orgies of Bachus) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) оргия; разгул 2) coll. множество, масса (развлечений и т.п.); a regular orgy of parties and concerts - бесконечные вечера и концерты ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity 2 sexual activity in a group 3 an orgy of a short time spent doing too much of an activity in a way that is not sensible or controlled (an orgy of shopping) - orgiastic adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1561, orgies (pl.) "secret rites in the worship of certain Gk. and Roman gods," especially Dionysus, from M.Fr. orgies, from L. orgia, from Gk. orgia (pl.) "secret rites," from PIE *worg-, and thus related to Gk. ergon "work." The singular, orgy, was first used in Eng. 1665 for the extended sense of "any licentious revelry." Orgiastic is first attested 1698, from Gk. orgiastikos, from orgiastes "one who celebraties orgies," from orgiazein "to celebrate orgies," from orgia. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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