ogee
/oʊˈd͡ʒiː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
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1
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3
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Meaning
noun
A pointed arch made from two ogees.
noun
An inflection point.
noun
The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...]."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ogeve, œgive, augiva
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/
- British English: /əʊˈd͡ʒiː/
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