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Dictionary: or·gi·as·tic   (ôr'jē-ăs'tĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an orgy.
  2. Arousing or causing unrestrained emotion; frenzied.

[Greek orgiastikos, from orgiastēs, celebrant of orgies, from orgiazein, to celebrate orgies, from orgia, orgies. See orgy.]

orgiast or'gi·ast' n.
orgiastically or'gi·as'ti·cal·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: debauched
Antonyms: ascetic, puritanical


WordNet: orgiastic
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: used of frenzied sexual activity

Meaning #2: used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing


Translations: Orgiastic
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - orgiastisk, vild

Nederlands (Dutch)
betreffende/ lijkende op een orgie

Français (French)
adj. - orgiaque, d'orgie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - orgiastisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οργιαστικός

Italiano (Italian)
orgiastico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - orgiástico

Русский (Russian)
разнузданный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - orgiástico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - orgiastisk, orgieartad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
酒神祭礼的, 狂饮的, 狂欢的, 纵欲的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 酒神祭禮的, 狂飲的, 狂歡的, 縱欲的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 주신제의, 술 마시고 법석대는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 酒神祭の, 飲み騒ぐ, 興奮させる, 興奮した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جنسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתהולל, של אורגיה‬


 
 
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