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o⋅gre

  [oh-ger]
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–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.
Origin:
1705–15; < F; perh. ≪ L Orcus Orcus

Related forms:
o⋅gre⋅ish  [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.
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o·gre   (ō'gər)   
n.  
  1. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
  2. A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.

[French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld.]
o'gre·ish (ō'gər-ĭsh, ō'grĭsh) adj.
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