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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia). Variant of orgía, among writers aware of the accentuation of the word in Latin and Greek.
Pronunciation
Noun
órgia f (plural órgias)
- Alternative form of orgía
1844, José Zorrilla,
Ira de Dios, canto primero :
- "¡Órgia! ¡órgia!" los réprobos gritaban:
"¡Órgia! ¡el placer es nuestro Dios!" decian:
Y blasfemos cantares entonaban,
Y en festines opíparos bebian; - "Orgy! orgy!", the reprobates shouted:
"Orgy! pleasure is our God!", they said:
And they sang blasphemous songs,
As they drank in their excessive feasts;