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Orʹgies (2 syl.)

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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.

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Orders
Orders of Architecture
Ordigale
Ordinary (An)
Ordinary (An)
Oread (plural, Orĕads [3 syl.] or Oreădes [4 syl.])
Oreilles
Orelio
Orellana
Orfeo and Heurodis
Orgies
Orgoglio (pron. Or-gole-yo)
Orgon
Oriana
Oriande [O-re-ond]
Oriel
Orientation
Oriflamme
Origenists
Original Sin
Orilo or Orillo (in Orlando Furioso, book viii.)

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Orgies