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organy

organy is the obsolete form of oregano.

Meaning of oregano

Noun

oregano (usually uncountable, plural oreganos)

  1. (usually) A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves.
    Synonyms:
    wild marjoram
  2. (usually) Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens.
  3. (usually) The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

Adjective

organy (comparative more organy, superlative most organy)

  1. (informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of an organ (musical instrument).
    • an organy sound

Forms of organy

comparativemore organy
superlativemost organy

Origin of organy

From organ + -y.

Questions about organy

What does organy mean?
Organy means resembling or characteristic of an organ (musical instrument).
What is organy the obsolete form of?
Organy is the obsolete form of oregano.
What part of speech is organy?
Organy is an adjective.

Words near organy in the dictionary

  1. organules
  2. organum
  3. organum triplum
  4. organums
  5. organwide
  6. organy
  7. organyl
  8. organyls
  9. organza
  10. organzas
  11. organzine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: organy (page history and authors); oregano (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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