orgiastic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὀργιαστικός“exciting”
2. English todayorgiastic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).

First known use, by meaning

• from the late 16th c. Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.