"食人魔,吞噬怪物",1590年代,可能是同一個詞的再借用,該詞成爲古英語 orcþyrs, orcneas(複數),可能來自與 ogre 類似的羅曼語源,最終源自拉丁語 Orcus "地獄",一個起源不明的詞。也參見 Orca。由 J.R.R.托爾金(1892-1973)重新使用,他可能從 Beowulf 中得到它,作爲中土世界中殘酷種族的名稱。
But Orcs and Trolls spoke as they would, without love of words or things; and their language was actually more degraded and filthy than I have shown it. ["Return of the King," 1955]
但是獸人和巨魔說話時,沒有對詞語或事物的熱愛; 他們的語言實際上比我展示的更加墮落和骯髒。["國王歸來",1955]