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ORGIASTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orgiastic mean?
• ORGIASTIC (adjective)
The adjective ORGIASTIC has 2 senses:
1. used of frenzied sexual activity
2. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Familiarity information: ORGIASTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of frenzied sexual activity
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Derivation:
orgy (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)
orgy (secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Synonyms:
bacchanal; bacchanalian; bacchic; carousing; orgiastic
Context example:
orgiastic festivity
Similar:
drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))
Derivation:
orgy (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)
orgy (secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity)
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