Etymology

œil-de-perdrix

Today it means: A small, round figure; a decorative dot. Full definition →

French œil-de-perdrix
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  1. French · borrowed fromœil-de-perdrix
  2. English todayœil-de-perdrix

Borrowed from French œil-de-perdrix (literally “eye of a partridge”).

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