ogre

Meaning

Noun

• A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
• A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre.

Origin

• First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus ("god of the underworld"), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος, the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers. orc.