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ogre¹
- /ˈəʊ.ɡə/ UK
- /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.
noun ogres
- A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans. And in the seventh tale of the third day of the same collection, when Corvetto had hidden himself under the Ogre's bed to steal his quilt, "he began to pull quite gently, when the Ogre awoke, and bid his wife not to pull the clothes that way, or she'd strip him, and he would get his death of cold."
- A cruel person. People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
Ogre²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latvian Ogre.
proper noun
- A city in central Latvia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: demon, devil, fiend, monster, bogeyman, bugbear, bugaboo, baddy, creature, brute, meanie, giant, gogmagog, giantess, troll, ice giant
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noun brutish giant
| Español | ogro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오거 ogeo |
| 日本語 | 鬼 oni, オーガ ōga |
| 中文 | 食人魔 shírénmó |
| Kiswahili | pandikizi la mtu |
| Português | ogro, ogre |
| Français | ogre |
| Deutsch | Oger, Menschenfresser |
| Italiano | orco |
| Ελληνικά | δράκοντας drákontas |
| Română | căpcăun |
| Русский | велика́н-людое́д velikán-ljudojéd, людое́д ljudojéd, огр ogr |
| العربية | غُول ḡūl |
| עברית | מפלצת, אוֹגֵר oger |
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