ORGIASTIC
Or`gi*as"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Orgy.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies. Elton.
ORGIES
Or"gies, n. pl.; sing. Orgy (.
Note: [The singular is rarely used.] Etym: [F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia, pl., Gr. Organ, and Work.]
1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry. As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god, Those priests high orgies held. Drayton.
2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. B. Jonson. Tennyson.
ORGILLOUS Or"gil*lous, a. Etym: [OF. orguillous, F. orgueilleux, fr. OF. orgoil pride, F. orgueil.]
Defn: Proud; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.
ORGUE Orgue, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. Organ.] (Mil.) (a) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack. (b) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.
ORGULOUS
Or"gu*lous, a.