Ogre

Morpheme

Ogre

Type

free base

Denotation

underworld, death, demon, monster, ogre

Etymology

Early Modern English hogre; French ogre; Latin Orcus

Evidence

ogre, ogrelike, ogres, ogress, ogrish

Notes

ogre, orc, and Orcus are doublets

See Also

Orc, Ogreish, Ogreism