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orgiastic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æstɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a night of bacchanalian revelry
  • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
  • orgiastic festivity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

used of frenzied sexual activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գինարբուքային (ginarbukʻayin) — relating to an orgy
  • Armenian: խրախճանային (xraxčanayin) — relating to an orgy
  • Armenian: օրգիաստիկ (ōrgiastik) — relating to an orgy
  • Bulgarian: разюздан (razjuzdan) — relating to an orgy
  • Bulgarian: необуздан (neobuzdan) — relating to an orgy
  • French: orgiastique — relating to an orgy
  • Lithuanian: orgiškas — relating to an orgy
  • Macedonian: ра́зуздан (rázuzdan) — relating to an orgy
  • Macedonian: оргија́шки (orgijáški) — relating to an orgy
  • Polish: orgiastyczny — relating to an orgy
  • Russian: разну́зданный (raznúzdannyj) — relating to an orgy
  • Spanish: orgiástico — relating to an orgy
  • Swedish: orgiastisk — relating to an orgy