orgiast

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/ˈɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˌæst/

Definition of orgiast

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noun

One who attends an orgy.

“The cult of Cybele, which for the first time formally organized as a mystic society in Rome, but the orgiast frenzy clung to it at all times.”
“Rasputin became instrumental in the naming of ministers, men whose qualifications were that they were not going to interfere with the cushy double life he led — as sainted adviser to the royal family and as accomplished orgiast.”
“The Sadean orgiast is intellectual and contortionist, a Laocoön entwined by his proliferating desires.”

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noun

One who attends an orgy.

“The cult of Cybele, which for the first time formally organized as a mystic society in Rome, but the orgiast frenzy clung to it at all times.”
“Rasputin became instrumental in the naming of ministers, men whose qualifications were that they were not going to interfere with the cushy double life he led — as sainted adviser to the royal family and as accomplished orgiast.”
“The Sadean orgiast is intellectual and contortionist, a Laocoön entwined by his proliferating desires.”
(idiomatic)One who is prone to excessive indulgence.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Ancient Greek ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “attender or celebrator of an orgy”), from Ancient Greek ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”).

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