orgy – English noun declension

English noun forms of orgy

Noun: orgy
Singularorgy
Pluralorgies

Sample Sentences

  • Human sacrifices of a definitely black magical order took place at the tomb of Osiris, while similar orgies with human victims were performed at Heliopolis. [1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 39:]
  • The amount of drink required also surprised me. I arranged for what I thought we should need for ourselves, and then Mr Goyles spoke up for the crew. I must say that for him, he did think of his men.
  • ’We don’t want anything in the nature of an orgy, Mr Goyles,’ I suggested.
  • ’Orgy!’ replied Mr Goyles; ‘why they’ll take that little drop in their tea.’ [1900, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men on the Bummel:]
  • As two Homeric warriors, before they engage, introduce themselves by proclaiming each his lineage, so with Pelasgus and the Danaïds. Together they indulge in a veritable genealogical orgy. [1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 40:]
  • Gorea 07: 'OUR DEFENSES WERE USELESS AGAINST GOREA AS IT SWEPT THROUGH OUR EMPIRE IN AN ORGY OF ANNIHILATION.' [2006 March 20, Nintendo Software Technology, Metroid Prime Hunters, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Logbook – Lore]
  • It's an orgy of perfectly choreographed cartoon uber violence and is the game the Devil May Cry series always promised but never delivered. [2010 January 16, Nick Gillett, “This week's games reviews”, in The Guardian:]
  • The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility. [2024 September 28, Harry Blank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 604:]

Etymology

Originally in plural from French orgies, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia, “secret rites, mysteries”). See: Latin Nouns 'orgia', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ὄργια'.