different between orgiastic vs bacchanalia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ????????? (orgiast?s, “orgy celebrator”), from ????????? (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ????? (órgia).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???d?i?æst?k/

  Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

orgiastic (comparative more orgiastic, superlative most orgiastic)

1. Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild. [from the late 16th c.]
   • 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope

     Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.

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Anagrams

• agoristic

Romanian

Etymology

From French orgiastique

Adjective

orgiastic m or n (feminine singular orgiastic?, masculine plural orgiastici, feminine and neuter plural orgiastice)

1. orgiastic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Bacchanalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.??n??.l??/

Noun

bacchanalia (plural bacchanalias)

1. Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.

Related terms

• bacchanal
• saturnalia
• dionysia