ogress

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡɹɛs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊɡɹɛs/, /-ɪs/, /-əs/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊɡɹɛs === Etymology 1 === Borrowed in the early 1700s from French ogresse, equivalent to ogre +‎ -ess. Piecewise doublet of orcess. ==== Noun ==== ogress (plural ogresses) A female ogre. A fierce, unfriendly woman. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== goblette orcess trolless trollette === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Noun ==== ogress (plural ogresses) (heraldry) A roundel sable. ===== Synonyms ===== (roundel sable): gunstone, pellet ==== See also ==== === References === === Anagrams === Gosser, Groses, Grosse, esrogs, gorses, grosse, sogers