orgie

Noun

orgie (plural orgies)

1. Obsolete form of orgy.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

     While Mr. Justice Lowe's servant was spurring into town at a pace which made the hollow road resound, and struck red flashes from the stones, up the river, at the Mills, Mistress Mary Matchwell was celebrating a sort of orgie.

Anagrams

• regio, regio-

Noun

orgie f

1. orgy

Etymology

From Latin orgia (“orgy”), from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrɡiə/, [ˈɒːˀɡ̊jə]

Noun

orgie n (singular definite orgiet, plural indefinite orgier)

1. orgy

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orgia, a neuter plural reinterpreted as a feminine singular; itself from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ʒi/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

orgie f (plural orgies)

1. orgy (group activity)
2. orgy (group sex)
3. orgy, load, ocean, score (large amount)

Further reading

• “orgie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

orgie f

1. plural of orgia

Anagrams

• erigo
• regio