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
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