orgone
English
Etymology
Blend of organism + hormone, after German Orgon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡəʊn/
Noun
orgone (countable and uncountable, plural orgones)
- 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. [from 20th c.]
- 1944, Theodore P Wolfe, translating Wilhelm Reich, ‘The Discovery of the Orgone, part 2’, International Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone-Research, vol. III no. 1:
- In the present report I shall describe the methods of quantitative measurement of the orgone by means of the electroscope and the thermometer.
- 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press:
- 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.
- 1944, Theodore P Wolfe, translating Wilhelm Reich, ‘The Discovery of the Orgone, part 2’, International Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone-Research, vol. III no. 1:
Derived terms
- orgone accumulator
- orgonic
- orgonite
Anagrams
- Gooner, Oregon, no-goer, nogoer, ongoer, orogen
Italian
Etymology
Blend of orgasmo + ormone, modeled on English orgone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /orˈɡo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: or‧gó‧ne
Noun
orgone m (plural orgoni)
- (psychology) orgone
Derived terms
- orgonico
Further reading
- orgone in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- orgone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- orgóne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- orgóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Oregon, Orengo, ergono
Middle English
Noun
orgone
- Alternative form of organe