orgone

O1R1G2O1N1E1
/ˈɔːɡəʊn/

noun

In the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.

UncommonFirst used 20th c.Scrabble 7

Meanings

nounorgone (countable and uncountable, plural orgones)

plural orgones

  1. countableuncountableIn the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.First known use 20th c.

    In the present report I shall describe the methods of quantitative measurement of the orgone by means of the electroscope and the thermometer.

    1944, Wilhelm Reich, “The Discovery of the Orgone, part 2”, in Theodore P Wolfe, transl., International Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone-Research, volume III, number 1
    1 more example

    So, boys, when those hot licks play over your balls and prick and dart up your ass like an invisible blue blow torch of orgones, in the words of T. J. Watson, Think.

    1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press

Origin

  1. GermanOrgon
  2. Englishorgone

Blend of organism + hormone, after German Orgon.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

orgone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orgone

MLA

“orgone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orgone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orgone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orgone.

Source: orgone on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.