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ogress

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊɡɹɛs/Part of speech nounSorted egorssStarts with OEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (folklore) a female ogre

Word origin

Borrowed in the early 1700s from French ogresse, equivalent to ogre + -ess. Piecewise doublet of orcess.

Used in a sentence

  • Dear me, Mimsey!. . . you are perfectly outrageous! Do you think I'm an ogress ready to eat her up? On the contrary, I mean to be a friend to her.
  • This ogress too was begotten of the blood of Cain, whose brood had been doomed forever to the icy floods and freezing waters of the earth.
  • I remember being the fall guy for the family, having to take the rent down to the ogress of a landlady so that my parents wouldn't have to face her.

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