GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Orgy , n.; sing. Orgies . [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia, pl., Gr. ; akin to  work. See Organ, and Work.]
   1913 Webster
   A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.  Usually in the plural form.  [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
   1913 Webster
   As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
   Those priests high orgies held.
   Drayton.
   
   1913 Webster
   Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse.
   B. Jonson.  Tennyson.
   
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   A series of sexual activities involving more than two couples in a group.
   PJC
   Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.
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2.       
   Orgy , n.; pl. Orgies . A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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