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Definition of: orgy
(ôr′jē) noun plural ·gies.
1. Wild or wanton revelry; a drunken carousal; debauch.
2. Any immoderate or excessive indulgence in something; an orgy of reading.
3. plural The secret rites in honor of certain ancient Greek and Roman deities, as Dionysus, marked by ecstatic or frenzied songs and dances. [Earlier orgies, plural <MF <L orgia <Gk., secret rites]
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