ogee

Meaning

Noun

• A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
• A pointed arch made from two ogees.
• An inflection point.
• The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
• The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot.

Origin

• From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis ("a support, prop"), Latin augeō ("to increase, strengthen"), Spanish auge ("highest point of power or fortune, apogee"). ogive.