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44 lines
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"ogre":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore that feeds on human beings : monster":[],
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": a dreaded person or object":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u014d-g\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grotesque",
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"grotesquerie",
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"grotesquery",
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"monster",
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"monstrosity"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"The book portrays their father as an ogre who mistreated them.",
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"a horror movie filled with ogres and demons of every description",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"What kid hasn't daydreamed about a transformation of their ho-hum life, pining to see an ogre in the halls or a ghost in the bathroom",
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"Shrek Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek (Mike Myers) whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Students from Glenbrook North and South High Schools will combine their talents to share the tale of a hermetic green ogre who is forced to venture into the world with surprising results. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Those include: Shrek \u2014 A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre , who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"After Wayne's World, Myers starred in the Austin Powers trilogy and voiced ogre Shrek, which his kids only somewhat understand. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"For the Italian girls, the invisible power was political violence: Lila and Lenu interpret Don Achille, the neighborhood\u2019s fascist thug, as an ogre who eats children. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"The new group of characters on tap include a mosquito, a fairy, meerkat, frog prince, furry astronaut and a goofy green ogre . \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"There, Rand makes a new friend, an ogre \u2014 sorry, Ogier \u2014 named Loial. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, probably ultimately from Latin Orcus , god of the underworld":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211437"
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}
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}
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