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ogre|ˈəʊgə(r)| Also 8 hogre. [a. F. ogre (first used by Perrault in his Contes, 1697). The alleged instance of 1527 in Hatz.-Darm. is an error. It has been suggested that Perrault may have formed ogre on an It. dial. *ogro for *orgo = It. orco demon, monster, from L. Orcus, Hades, the god of the infernal regions, Pluto. The OSp. reprs. of Orcus were huerco (Percivall), huergo, uergo (Diez); Mod.Sp. ogro ‘ogre’ is from Fr. (Conjecture has tried to see in ogre the ethnic name Ugri, Ungri, Ongri, applied by early writers to the Hungarians or Magyars: see Ugrian. But this is historically baseless.)] In folk-lore and fairy tales: A man-eating monster, usually represented as a hideous giant; hence, A man likened to such a monster in appearance or character.
1713tr. Arabian Nights I. 78 He perceiv'd that the Lady..was a Hogress, Wife to one of those Savage Demons call'd Hogres, who stay in remote places, and make use of a thousand wiles to surprize and devour Passengers. [So ed. 1785.] 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 27 With the grin of an ogre. 1830Scott Demonol. iii. 116 Some doting ogre of a fairy tale. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. ix, ‘He's the most hideous, goggle-eyed creature,..quite an ogre’. 1854Old Story-Teller, Hop-o'-my-Thumb 93 She warned them that they were in the house of an ogre, who especially delighted in eating young children. fig.1850Kingsley Alt. Locke x, Irresponsibility of employers, slavery of the employed,..that is the system they represent..Why, it is the very ogre that is eating us all up. b. attrib. and Comb., as ogre-king, ogre-land, etc.
1846R. Bell Life Canning viii. 215 Headed by the giant West India Interest, and followed by all the other ogre-monopolies. 1855J. R. Planché tr. C'tess d'Aulnoy's Fairy T., Bee & Orange Tree (1858) 183 It is the custom in Ogreland, that the Ogre, Ogress, and the young Ogres, always sleep in their fine gold crowns. 1859Ld. Lytton Wanderer (ed. 2) 288, I was lately wed With a diamond ring to an Ogre-king. Hence ogreism |ˈəʊgərɪz(ə)m|, the character or practices of ogres. |