ogee

Meanings

1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
2. A pointed arch made from two ogees.
3. An inflection point.
4. The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
5. 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.

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.