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‖ profil perdu|profil pɛrdy| Also profile perdu. [Fr.] (See quot. 1959.) Also attrib.
1959P. & L. Murray Dict. Art 257 Profil perdu, (Fr. lost profile) is that view of a head in which the profile is lost because the whole head is turned so far away that only the outline of the cheek is visible. By extension, the profil perdu of any object is what is seen of it when it is more than half turned away from the spectator. 1961Times 14 Feb. 6/6 Rubens and Velasquez repeat the idea with back views, profile or profile-perdu heads. 1967E. Wymark As Good as Gold xv. 214 She..stood gazing down the street, her figure a profil perdu against a grey sky. |