profil perdun.

Brit.

/prəʊˌfiːl pəːˈdjuː/, U.S.

/proʊˈfil pərˈd(j)u/

Inflections: Plural profils perdus.

Forms: 1800s– profil perdu, 1900s– profile perdu (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French profil perdu.

Etymology: < French profil perdu, literally ‘lost profile’ (1822) < profil (see profile n.) + perdu lost (see perdu adj.).In form profile perdu influenced by profile n.

Originally and chiefly Art.

A profile in which the subject is more than half turned away from the onlooker.In quot. 1923 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > profil perdu

profil perdu1893

1893 H. James Real Thing & Other Tales 23 She lent herself especially to positions in which the face was somewhat averted or blurred; she abounded in lady-like back views and profils perdus.

1923 J. K. Spencer Friar in Fiction 96 Even as portrayed by the masters, he [sc. the friar] remains an unfinished figure, a silhouette, an outline seen from one side, a profil perdu.

1967 E. Wymark As Good as Gold xv. 214 She..stood gazing down the street, her figure a profil perdu against a grey sky.

2004 Independent on Sunday 11 Apr. (ABC Mag.) 25/2 Here's a cowshed,..framed into a series of smaller pictures by its subject's uprights and crossbars: cows in full profile, horses in profile perdu, pigs foreshortened arse-end on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	profil perdu
释义	profil perdun. Brit. /prəʊˌfiːl pəːˈdjuː/, U.S. /proʊˈfil pərˈd(j)u/ Inflections: Plural profils perdus. Forms: 1800s– profil perdu, 1900s– profile perdu (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French profil perdu. Etymology: < French profil perdu, literally ‘lost profile’ (1822) < profil (see profile n.) + perdu lost (see perdu adj.).In form profile perdu influenced by profile n. Originally and chiefly Art. A profile in which the subject is more than half turned away from the onlooker.In quot. 1923 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > profil perdu profil perdu1893 1893 H. James Real Thing & Other Tales 23 She lent herself especially to positions in which the face was somewhat averted or blurred; she abounded in lady-like back views and profils perdus. 1923 J. K. Spencer Friar in Fiction 96 Even as portrayed by the masters, he [sc. the friar] remains an unfinished figure, a silhouette, an outline seen from one side, a profil perdu. 1967 E. Wymark As Good as Gold xv. 214 She..stood gazing down the street, her figure a profil perdu against a grey sky. 2004 Independent on Sunday 11 Apr. (ABC Mag.) 25/2 Here's a cowshed,..framed into a series of smaller pictures by its subject's uprights and crossbars: cows in full profile, horses in profile perdu, pigs foreshortened arse-end on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893
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