Both Uses of
ogre
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Whatever gloss the various spectators put upon the interest, according to their several arts and powers of self-deceit, the interest was, at the root of it, Ogreish.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- Ogre that he was, he spoke like an epicure.†
Chpt 3.14
Definition:
a frightening giant from fairy tales, especially one who eats people; or a cruel or terrifying person