orgía

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See also: orgia and órgia

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

orgía f (genitive singular orgíu, nominative plural orgíur)

  1. orgy

Declension

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French orgie, which explains the accentuation on -í-, from Latin orgia, from Ancient Greek ὄργια (órgia). According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested circa 1830, aside from an odd occurrence in Juan Boscán Almogáver (16th c.). The variant órgia is attested in writers aware of the accentuation in Latin and Greek, but the form borrowed via French has prevailed in common usage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɾˈxia/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: or‧gí‧a

Noun

orgía f (plural orgías)

  1. orgy
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 7:
      Ahí se reúnen con los Brujos muertos, que conservan la misma figura que tuvieron en vida; celebran con ellos grandes y escandalosas orgías en que se sirven los manjares y vinos más exquisitos en vajillas de oro y plata.
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