Noun: orgy or-jee
- A wild gathering involving excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, often sexual in nature
"The party devolved into an orgy with loud music and uninhibited behaviour"
- Any act of immoderate indulgence
"an orgy of shopping";
- binge [informal], splurge [informal]
- Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
"Descriptions of ancient orgies often shock modern sensibilities"; "The Bacchanalian orgy was a wild celebration in honour of Dionysus"
Derived forms: orgies
Type of: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, drunken revelry, indulgence, religious rite, riot [archaic], rite, saturnalia
Encyclopedia: Orgy