| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·gee |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    j  |
| NOUN: | Architecture 1. A double curve with the shape of an elongated S. 2. A molding having the profile of an S-shaped curve. 3. An arch formed by two S-shaped curves meeting at a point. Also called ogee arch. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English oggifs, ogeus, pl. of ogif, ogive. See ogive.
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