Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who celebrates orgies.

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  • noun One who celebrates orgies

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Examples

  • Dionysos, from orgiast Thrace, or, as was then held, from the mystic East, invaded the shrine, importing, or at least accentuating, elements of enthusiasm and religious delirium; for the immense development and

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • All will be set right in a footnote, though you may forget about the scholarship while reading of how the former "showgirl," Empress Theodora of Byzantium, "was said to be a gymnastically gifted orgiast whose specialty was to offer all three orifices to her clients simultaneously."

    NYT > Home Page By JONATHAN ROSEN 2011

  • He is as anonymous, and accessible, as a masquerade orgiast.

    Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010

  • Before Belle's book the few volumes of bestselling erotica had tended to come from overseas writers, such as the French art magazine editor and orgiast, Catherine Millet, author of The Sexual Life of Catherine M - published in 2002 with a decidedly old-fashion black cover and red lettering.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

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