different between orgiastic vs dionysia

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

Noun

dionysia (plural dionysias)

1. The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.

Related terms

• bacchanalia
• saturnalia

See also

• Dionysus
• Bacchus