ogre
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c. 18th c., from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“‘god of the underworld’”), from Ancient Greek Όρκος (Horkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (“‘oath’”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers.
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ogre (plural ogres)
- A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
- A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.
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brutish giant
brutish man
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- IPA: /ɔɡʁ/
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ogre m. (plural ogres; feminine ogresse, plural ogresses)
- (mythology) ogre