ogre
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a…A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
» You look like an ogre.
Значение
значений: 2A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
Oger, Menschenfresser, Unmensch
велика́н-людое́дvelikán-ljudojéd, людое́дljudojéd, огрogr
огрohr
(переносно)A cruel person.
People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
Примеры
предложений: 27You look like an ogre.
Has anyone ever faced an ogre?
A lizard has confronted the ogre.
An ogre tried to eat Tom.
The ogre brandished a crude cudgel.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 2
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Происхождение
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of tFirst attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.
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