noun
ogress
Ogress (noun) means a woman who is an ogre, a cruel giant from folk tales.
noun
1
A woman who is an ogre, a cruel giant from folk tales.
"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."
— Norma Lorre Goodrich, Beowulf (1961)
2
A woman who is fierce, unpleasant, or frightening.
"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."
— John Mitzel, Harry Allard: A Teller of Children's Stories Talks About His Life (1977)
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Etymology
Borrowed in the early 1700s from French ogresse, equivalent to ogre + -ess; it is a piecewise doublet of orcess.
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What is the meaning of ogress?
"ogress" (noun) means a woman who is an ogre, a cruel giant from folk tales.
What are the different meanings of ogress?
"ogress" has 2 main meanings: 1. A woman who is an ogre, a cruel giant from folk tales; 2. A woman who is fierce, unpleasant, or frightening.
