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POLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ork.

orc

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɔrk/
  1. orc

    animal-not-person · masculine
  2. Russian soldier

    animal-not-person · colloquial · masculine · offensive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English orc, probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc (“demon”); both from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers. Doublet of ogr (“ogre”).

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