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ogee (oh-JEE, OH-jee) noun
1. A curve resembling the shape of an elongated S. 2. An arch formed with such curves. [From Middle English ogeus, from Old French ogive.] "Jolie's ogee lips lead to the final principle of decadence, ingestion. Systematic gorging is a quintessential decadent activity." Wayne Koestenbaum, Angelina Jolie: The Indiscreet Object of Desire, The New York Times Magazine, Oct 17, 1999. This week's theme: yours to discover. ............................................................................ If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it. -Stanley Marion Garn, anthropologist (1922- ) Subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Unsubscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Change address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/address-change.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/ogee.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/ogee.ram
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