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:
fairy tales: a frightening giant -- especially one who likes to eat people
or:
an evil, hideous, and frightening person
or:
an evil, hideous, and frightening person