Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ogre
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(ogres) If you refer to someone as an ogre, you are saying in a humorous way that they are very frightening. Bank managers–like tax inspectors–do not really like being thought of as ogres. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld Date: 1713 1. a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings ; monster 2. a dreaded person or object • ~ish adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (fem. ogress) 1 a man-eating giant in folklore etc. 2 a terrifying person. Derivatives ogreish adj. (also ogrish). Etymology: F, first used by Perrault in 1697, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1713, from Fr. ogre (first used in Perrault's "Contes," 1697), perhaps ult. from L. Orcus "Hades," perhaps via an It. dialect. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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