Dictionary

ogee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əʊˈd͡ʒiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈoʊd͡ʒiː/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/ (General-American)
• /ˈəʊd͡ʒiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”), Italian and Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive.

Meanings

1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
   • There is no pronounced ogee arch anywhere, though there is a suspicion of one where the open trefoils of the gables rest upon the containing arches. The tracery too of all the circles is geometrical, i.e., composed of simple curves; there is no flowing or ogee tracery with compound curves. 1910, Francis Bond, “Chapter 3”, in Wood Carvings in English Churches:
   • In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...]. 1959 June, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Cardeans" of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 309:
   • At the centre of this façade of one story is a porch of two stories with a tall attic and a gable of ogee outline flanked by finials. 1905, Charles Herbert Moore, “Chapter 13”, in Character of Renaissance Architecture:
2. A pointed arch made from two ogees.
3. An inflection point.
4. (qualifier:aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
5. (qualifier:distillation) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

ogee arch · ogee washer · ogee clock · ogeed

Relateds

line of beauty

Synonyms

cyma · ogive

Translations (8)

bg S образна линия (curve) · de S-förmige Kurve (curve) · ca arc conopial (arch) · ca gola (curve) · pl łuk w ośli grzbiet (curve) · fr doucine (curve) · pl łuk w ośli grzbiet (arch) · fr arc en accolade (arch)