单词 | orgic |
释义 | orgicadj. Now archaic and poetic. = orgiac adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adjective] > involving excessive drinking and licentiousness orgiastic1698 Saturnalian1773 orgic1789 orgiac1854 orgiasticala1871 1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 236 After the celebration of the orgic rites. 1851 M. F. Tupper Wks. 388 If I may fabricate a name for pleasure-hunters, following still..the orgic revels of Osiris or Astarte. 1872 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (new ed.) I. 961/1 Her worship consisted in a great measure in orgic mysteries. 1950 P. MacKaye Myst. of Hamlet 412 Like the revelry Of last night's orgic feast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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