ogress
A female ogreA female ogre.
» "Ţeriel" is a bad fairy who often turns into an ogress.
„Ţeriel“ ist eine böse Fee, die sich oft in eine Menschenfresserin verwandelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
AmarMecheri · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
3 sensesA female ogre.
(folklore) a female ogre
A fierce, unfriendly woman.
зла́я ба́баzlája bába
A roundel sable.
Examples
1 sentences"Ţeriel" is a bad fairy who often turns into an ogress.
de„Ţeriel“ ist eine böse Fee, die sich oft in eine Menschenfresserin verwandelt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed in the early 1700s from French ogresse, equivalent to ogre + -ess. Piecewise doubBorrowed in the early 1700s from French ogresse, equivalent to ogre + -ess. Piecewise doublet of orcess.
Uncertain. Attested in this form since 1572. The French term ogoesse is only attested later (1611 in an English dictionary, 1690 in a French dictionary) and may be derived from English. The 1486 Book of Coat Armour in the Book of St. Albans says "gonestonys" are called "oglys" in heraldic blazon; perhaps someone in the 1500s misread ogles as ogres(s) and mistook the plural for a singular, compare the use of pommeis (“roundel(s) vert”) as a singular. The form agresses is found in some 18th century works, alongside ogresses.
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