ORGIASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orgiastic mean? 

• ORGIASTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ORGIASTIC has 2 senses:

1. used of frenzied sexual activity

2. used of riotously drunken merrymaking

  Familiarity information: ORGIASTIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGIASTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of frenzied sexual activity

Similar:

sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)

Derivation:

orgy (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)

orgy (secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Synonyms:

bacchanal; bacchanalian; bacchic; carousing; orgiastic

Context example:

orgiastic festivity

Similar:

drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Derivation:

orgy (a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)

orgy (secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity)