ogre
Meaning
- A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
- A cruel person.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈəʊ.ɡə/
Etymology
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc.
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