orgies
USOR-jeez/ˈɔɹd͡ʒiz/UKAW-jeez/ˈɔː.d͡ʒiz/
- 1Plural of orgy.
The tabloids printed rumors of celebrity orgies at the mansion.
The film's battle scenes are orgies of noise and destruction.
Note
The y of orgy turns to ie before the s, as in party and parties. The figurative plural usually takes of and the thing overdone: orgies of spending, orgies of noise and destruction. Used alone, orgies points to sexual gatherings or to ancient rites for gods such as Dionysus, so the of-phrase is what keeps a sentence safely figurative.
orgies is a form of orgy
orgy, noun: A gathering at which a group of people have sex with one another. Full entry
- Forms
- orgyorgies plural
- Spelling
- orgy → orgies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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