Word: orgies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: or
gies
Definition: Plural of orgy; secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
Morphemes:
Affix: orgy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄργια
Language: grc
Decoded: orgia
Meaning: secret rites, mysteries
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural forms of nouns endings in consonant-y.