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.

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