or ‧ gy /ˈɔːdʒi $ ˈɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural orgies ) [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: orgie , from Latin orgia (plural), from Greek ]
1 . a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity:
the drunken orgies of their youth
2 . sexual activity in a group
3 . an orgy of something used to emphasize that people suddenly do a lot of a particular activity, especially far too much of it:
an orgy of spending
an orgy of violence
—orgiastic /ˌɔːdʒiˈæstɪk◂ $ ˌɔːr-/ adjective