orgiastic
/ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/adjective
orgiastic is an adjective meaning “Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-R-G-I-A-S-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does orgiastic mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce orgiastic?
- US /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-orgiastic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of orgiastic
- more orgiastic comparative
- most orgiastic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is orgiastic?
Orgiastic appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Orgiastic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense relating to an orgy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | orgiastique |
| Spanish | orgiástico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does orgiastic come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).