ogre
意味
- (童話・伝説などに出てくる)人食い鬼
- 酸酷な人,野蛮な人
例文
If you go into the forest, watch out for the man-eating ogres!
森に行くなら、人食い鬼に気をつけてください！
If you go into the forest, watch out for the ogres who eat children!
森に行くなら、子供くい鬼に気をつけてください！
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.