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   ogre

   /ˈəʊɡə/

   noun

   • 1. (in folklore) a man-eating giant. Similar monstergianttrollbogeymanbogeydemondevilarchaic:bugbear
   • ▪ a cruel or terrifying person: "it is clear that I am no ogre" Similar brutefiendmonsterbeastdevildemonbarbariansavagesadistanimaltyrantvillainscoundrelinformal:pigderogatory:bastarddogdirty dogderogatory, informal:swinevulgar slang:shitarchaic:blackguard

   Word Origin early 18th century: from French, first used by the French writer Perrault in 1697.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ogreish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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