ogress

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡɹɛs/
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• US: /ˈoʊɡɹɛs/
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -əʊɡɹɛs
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 G R AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed 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.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: ogressa — female ogre
• Chinese Mandarin: 女吃人魔 (nǚchīrénmó) — female ogre
• Chinese Mandarin: 女食人妖怪 (nǚshírényāoguài) — female ogre
• Esperanto: ogrino — female ogre
• French: ogresse — female ogre
• Hebrew: אוֹגֶרֶת (ogeret) — female ogre
• Italian: orchessa — female ogre
• Japanese: 鬼女 (kijo) — female ogre
• Malayalam: രാക്ഷസി (rākṣasi) — female ogre
• Marathi: राक्षसीण (rākṣasīṇ) — female ogre
• Marathi: राक्षसी (rākṣasī) — female ogre
• Marathi: दानवी (dānvī) — female ogre
• Norwegian Bokmål: flagd — female ogre
• Old Norse: flagð — female ogre
• Old Norse: gýgr — female ogre
• Spanish: orca — female ogre
• Russian: зла́я ба́ба (zlája bába) — fierce, unfriendly woman