/euh pof"i jee'/ , n. Archit.
1. a small, concave, outward curve joining the shaft of a column, esp. a classical column, to its base.
2. Also called hypophyge . a similar curve joining the shaft of a column to its capital.
Also, apophysis .
[ 1555-65; apophygé escape, equiv. to apophyg- (var. s. of apopheúgein to flee; apo- APO- + pheúgein to flee; akin to -FUGE) + -e n. suffix ]