ogre

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

Circa 18th Century, from French, from Latin Orcus, god of the infernal regions. Latin probably a tranliteration of Greek Όρκος (Horkos), the daemon of the personification of oaths (ὅρκος (“‘oath’”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊ.gə/
• (US) enPR: ōʹgûr, IPA: /ˈoʊ.gɚ/
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• Rhymes: -əʊɡə(r)

[edit] Noun

ogre (plural ogres)

1. A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
2. A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.

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• ogreish, ogrish
• ogress
• ogry