ogre.
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
Meaning & usage
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
A cruel person.
People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
Where this word 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.
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