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o⋅gre
[oh-ger] 
gər
–noun
| 1. | a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh. |
| 2. | a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person. |
Related forms:
o⋅gre⋅ish [oh-ger-ish] , o⋅grish [oh-grish] , adjective
[oh-ger-ish] , o⋅grish [oh-grish] , adjective o⋅gre⋅ish⋅ly, o⋅grish⋅ly, adverb
o⋅gre⋅ism, ogrism, noun
Synonyms:
2. fiend, tyrant, despot.
2. fiend, tyrant, despot.
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| o·gre (ō'gər) n.
[French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld.] o'gre·ish (ō'gər-ĭsh, ō'grĭsh) adj. |
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Ogre
O"gre\, n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster. His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. --Maccaulay.
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Language Translation for : ogre
Spanish:
ogro,
German:
das Ungeheuer,
Japanese:
鬼
ogre
"man-eating giant," 1713, hogre (in a translation of a Fr. version of the Arabian Nights), from Fr. ogre, first used in Perrault's "Contes," 1697. and perhaps formed by him from It. orco "demon, monster," from L. Orcus "Hades," perhaps via an It. dialect. In Eng., more literary than colloquial. The conjecture that it is a from Byzantine Ogur "Hungarian" or some other version of that people's name (perhaps via confusion with the bloodthirsty Huns), lacks historical evidence.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ogre
a hideous giant represented in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings. The word gained popularity from its use in the late 17th century by Charles Perrault, the author of Contes de ma mere l'oye (Tales of Mother Goose). Since then, ogres have appeared in many works, including "Tom Thumb"; "Hansel and Gretel," where the witch is a type of ogre because she intends to eat the children; and "Little Red Riding Hood," where the wolf resembles an ogre. The Cyclops of myth and heroic literature who devours humans is a form of ogre.
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