ogre
pronunciation
How to pronounce ogre in British English:
UK [ˈəʊgə(r)]
How to pronounce ogre in American English:
US [ˈoʊgə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
Word Origin
- ogre (n.)
- "man-eating giant," 1713, hogre (in a translation of a French version of the Arabian Nights), from French ogre, first used in Perrault's "Contes," 1697, and perhaps formed by him from Italian orco "demon, monster," from Latin Orcus "Hades," perhaps via an Italian dialect. In English, more literary than colloquial. The conjecture that it is from Byzantine Ogur "Hungarian" or some other version of that people's name (perhaps via confusion with the bloodthirsty Huns), lacks historical evidence. Related: Ogrish; ogrishness.
Example
- 1. You trust the ogre completely , do you ?
- 2. And an ogre trying to charm the czech children .
- 3. This particular ogre owned all the land for miles around .
- 4. My boss is a real ogre .
- 5. Don 't make him out to be such a terrible ogre ; he is really quite kindhearted .