orgiastic adj

1 used of frenzied sexual activity

2 used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing]

English

Pronunciation

• (US) /ˌɔrdʒiˈæstɪk/

  Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

1. Relating to an orgy; wild, uncontrolled.
   • 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope

     Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.

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