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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “at loss of eye”. Compare French à perte de vue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a‿pˈpɛr.di.ta ˈd‿ɔk.kjo/
Prepositional phrase
a perdita d'occhio
- as far as the eye can see; vast, long, or boundless
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Il rispetto mistico che sentiva per lei si mescolava con la vista del cielo pallido, limpido, disteso oltre i comignoli a perdita d'occhio.- The mystical reverence that he felt for her was somehow mixed up with the aspect of the pale, cloudless sky, stretching away behind the chimney-pots into interminable distance.
- (literally, “The mystical respect that he felt for her got mixed with the sight of the pale, bright sky, stretched out beyond the chimneys as far as the eye can see.”)