1894 Brewer’s / O / Orgies
Drunken revels, riotous feasts; so called from the nocturnal festivals in honour of Bacchus. (Greek, orgē, violent emotion.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.