orgy

• n. 乱痴気騒ぎ、放蕩

ギリシャ語のorgia、神秘的な儀式、特にワインの神バッカスへの儀式、PIE*wergの「働く、仕事をする、儀式を行う」から。

orgy

orgy: [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ, a descendant of the Indo-European base *worg- ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed into English via Latin orgia and French orgies as orgies. This was very much a historical term, denoting the goings-on in ancient Greece, but in the 18th century it was singularized to orgy, and used for any ‘copulatory revelry’.
=> organ, work

orgy (n.)

1560s, orgies (plural) "secret rites in the worship of certain Greek and Roman gods," especially Dionysus, from Middle French orgies (c. 1500, from Latin orgia), and directly from Greek orgia (plural) "secret rites," especially those of Bacchus, from PIE root *werg- "to do" (see organ). The singular, orgy, was first used in English 1660s for the extended sense of "any licentious revelry." OED says of the ancient rites that they were "celebrated with extravagant dancing, singing, drinking, etc.," which gives "etc." quite a workout.

1. It was reminiscent of a scene from a Roman orgy .

古代ローマの荒淫なお祭り騒ぎを思い出させるシーン。

2. He blew ￡533,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.

彼は18ヶ月の贅沢な生活の中で533000ポンドを浪費した。

3.One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction.

ある目撃者は暴徒が野放図に破壊を行っていたと主張した。

4.The rebels went on an orgy of kiling.

反乱者は恣意的に人を殺す。

5.I indulged in an orgy of housework.

私は一日中やりきれない家事に埋もれています。