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Ogreish

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o·gre  (gr)
n.
1. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
2. A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.
[French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus, god of the underworld.]
ogre·ish (gr-sh, grsh) adj.
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We see that Danglars was collected enough to jest; at the same time, as though to disprove the ogreish propensities, the man took some black bread, cheese, and onions from his wallet, which he began devouring voraciously.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
As he wiped his dripping whiskers in an ogreish way, he met her eyes, and pausing, said, with no very gentle voice:
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
(There is an ogreish kind of jocularity in Grandfather Smallweed to-day.
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