different between ogre vs ogreishly

English

Etymology

First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek ????? (Órkos), the personified demon of oaths (????? (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers. Doublet of orc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.??/
• (US) enPR: ??gûr, IPA^(key): /?o?.??/
• Rhymes: -????(r)

Noun

ogre (plural ogres)

1. (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
2. (figuratively) A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre.

Related terms

• ogreish, ogrish
• ogress
• ogry

Translations

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego, roge

French

Etymology

From Old French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”), with metathesis. According to the Trésor de la langue française informatisé, first attested in the late 12th century meaning 'fierce non-Christian', and ca. 1300 meaning 'human-eating giant' (in fairy tales). Cognate with Old Spanish huerco (“the Devil”), Spanish huerco (“depressed man in the dark”), Italian orco (“ogre, orc”).

See also French lutin (“imp, pixie”), possibly from Old French netun (“marine monster”), derived from Latin Nept?nus, and also Old French gene (“mischievous fairy”) and Romanian zân? (“fairy”), both inherited forms of Latin Di?na. A sermon by Merovingian French bishop St. Eligius (died 659) advises people against belief in Neptune, Diana, Orcus and Minerva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogresse)

1. (mythology) ogre

Derived terms

• l'ogre de Corse (“Napoleon Bonaparte”)
• manger comme un ogre
• ogrerie
• ogresque

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Further reading

• “ogre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• orge

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?????/

Noun

ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogra, feminine plural ogras)

1. (Portugal) Alternative form of ogro

English

Etymology

From ogreish +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????(?)???li/

Adverb

ogreishly (comparative more ogreishly, superlative most ogreishly)

1. Like an ogre.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 191:

     A great, distorted silhouette of his own head appeared upon the wall, leaning ogreishly over the pillow.