different between orgone vs forgone

English

Etymology

From blend of organism +? hormone, after German Orgon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????n/

Noun

orgone (countable and uncountable, plural orgones)

1. 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.

   • 1959, William Burroughs, Naked Lunch:

     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.

Derived terms

• orgonic
• orgonite

Anagrams

• Gooner, Oregon, no-goer, nogoer, ongoer, orogen

Italian

Noun

orgone m (plural orgoni)

1. orgone

Derived terms

• orgonico

Middle English

Noun

orgone

1. Alternative form of organe

English

Verb

forgone

1. past participle of forgo