Monday Word: Ogival
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1word1dayogival [ō-ˈjī-vəl]
adjective
1. having the shape of a pointed arch
examples
1. The 43mm watch features a dark gray zirconium case, a 12 o’clock crown, ogival lugs at its base, and a burgundy dial engraved with the DBD’s classic Côtes de Genève pattern. —Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
2. The exuberant phoenix motifs are enclosed within an ogival cartouche, so called because its outlines echo those of a pointed Gothic arch. Bright and Shiny Things, Lee Lawrence, 2010
origin
Middle English ogif and French ogive, diagonal rib of a vault, both from Old French augive, probably from Vulgar Latin obviātīva, from Late Latin obviāta, feminine past participle of obviāre, to resist.
adjective
1. having the shape of a pointed arch
examples
1. The 43mm watch features a dark gray zirconium case, a 12 o’clock crown, ogival lugs at its base, and a burgundy dial engraved with the DBD’s classic Côtes de Genève pattern. —Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
2. The exuberant phoenix motifs are enclosed within an ogival cartouche, so called because its outlines echo those of a pointed Gothic arch. Bright and Shiny Things, Lee Lawrence, 2010
origin
Middle English ogif and French ogive, diagonal rib of a vault, both from Old French augive, probably from Vulgar Latin obviātīva, from Late Latin obviāta, feminine past participle of obviāre, to resist.
