Orgy

 

 

 











orgy



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(古希臘羅馬) 祕密祭神儀式

[awr-jee]



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–noun 

1. wild, drunken 

or 

licentious festivity or revelry. 



2. any actions or proceedings marked by unbridled (轡頭) indulgence of passions: an orgy of [killing].  



3. orgies, (in ancient Greece) esoteric religious rituals, esp. in the worship of Demeter or Dionysus, characterized in later times by wild dancing, singing, and drinking. 



4. Informal. a boisterous, rowdy party. 





esoteric 

1. [understood] by or meant for only the [select few], [recondite]

[poetry] full of esoteric allusions.   

"Wings of Desire" is one of those films movie critics are accused of [liking] because it's esoteric and difficult.

2. [belonging] to the select few.  

4. (of a [philosophical] doctrine or the like) intended to be revealed only to the [initiates] of a group 

the esoteric [doctrines] of [Pythagoras]. cf. clique hierophant

arcane 

known or understood by [very few], [esoteric]

She knew a lot about [Sanskrit] grammar and other arcane matters.  



opacity

the quality of being [opaque]

As with Basquiat, there's a certain dreamy [opacity] [to] Before Night Falls. 

obfuscate

to obfuscate a problem with [ex]traneous information.  



nebulous

as equally nebulous as the strange [land] to which he has been

corona

wide-eyed and pouty, with a great corona of frizzy [hair]

Threnody



prodigal

(wastefulness, improvidence, reckless)

a prodigal [extravagance]

profuse

(overemotionalism, exageration)

profuse in his [apologies]

There's a huge, ugly [gouge] all the way up her shin, and she's [bleeding] profusely.

lavish

(generosity, openhandedness)

lavish [hospitality]

cf. ravish

Deluge 



Samaritan 

cherub

Innuendo