/awr"jee/ , n. , pl. orgies .
1. wild, drunken or licentious festivity or revelry.
2. any actions or proceedings marked by unbridled indulgence of passions: an orgy of killing.
3. orgies , (in ancient Greece) esoteric religious rituals, esp. in the worship of Demeter or Dionysus, characterized in later times by wild dancing, singing, and drinking.
4. Informal. a boisterous, rowdy party.
[ 1580-90; orgie orgia (neut. pl.) secret rites órgia, akin to érgon WORK ]