OGRE

ogre

(noun) (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings

monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre

(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ogre (plural ogres)

(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.

(figuratively) A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre.

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego

Proper noun

Ogre

A town in central Latvia

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego

Source: Wiktionary


O"gre, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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