ogry
English
WOTD – 18 May 2016
An illustration by John D. Batten of an ogre with a cat from the story “The Earl of Cattenborough” from Europa's Fairy Book (1916)[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡɹi/
Adjective
ogry (comparative more ogry, superlative most ogry)
- (nonce word) Resembling, or pertaining to, an ogre.
- 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber, OCLC 797415847:
- Opvarts and at ham, or this ogry Osler will oxmaul us all […]
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Synonyms
References
- Joseph Jacobs (1916) Europa's Fairy Book, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, OCLC 2556331, page 96.
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