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• Orgy (band) — Orgy Origin Los Angeles, California, United States Genres Synthrock, industrial metal Years active 1996–2004, 2010–present Labels Elementree, Reprise, D1 Music …   Wikipedia

• Orgy — Or gy, n.; sing. {Orgies}. [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia, pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See {Organ}, and {Work}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• orgy — (n.) 1560s, orgies (pl.) secret rites in the worship of certain Greek and Roman gods, especially Dionysus, from M.Fr. orgies (c.1500), from L. orgia, from Gk. orgia (pl.) secret rites, from PIE root *werg to work (see URGE (Cf. urge) (v.)). The… …   Etymology dictionary

• Work — (w[^u]rk), n. [OE. work, werk, weorc, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., D., & G. werk, OHG. werc, werah, Icel. & Sw. verk, Dan. v[ae]rk, Goth. gawa[ u]rki, Gr. e rgon, [digamma]e rgon, work, re zein to do, o rganon an instrument,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• orgy — [ôr′jē] n. pl. orgies [earlier chiefly in pl. < Fr orgies < L orgia, pl. < Gr, pl., secret rites, akin to ergon,WORK] 1. [usually pl.] in ancient Greece and Rome, feasting and wild celebration in worship of certain gods, esp. Dionysus 2 …   English World dictionary

• orgy — noun (plural orgies) Etymology: Middle French orgie, from Latin orgia, plural, from Greek; akin to Greek ergon work more at work Date: circa 1561 1. secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• orgy — [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ, a descendant of the Indo European base *worg ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• orgy — [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ, a descendant of the Indo European base *worg ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed… …   Word origins

• work — [OE] Work is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Indo European *werg , *worg ‘do, work’ (other members include energy, organ, and orgy). From this base was formed the noun *wergon, which passed into… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• work — [OE] Work is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Indo European *werg , *worg ‘do, work’ (other members include energy, organ, and orgy). From this base was formed the noun *wergon, which passed into… …   Word origins

• orgy — /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… …   Universalium