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coup d'oeil

[ koo -yuh; English koo dey ]

noun

, French.
, plural coups d'oeil [koo , dœ, -y, uh, koo, , dey].
  1. a quick glance.


coup d'oeil

/ ku dœj /

noun

  1. a quick glance


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coup d'oeil1

First recorded in 1730–40; literally, “stroke of the eye”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coup d'oeil1

literally: stroke of the eye

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Example Sentences

It is, therefore, not only the physical, but more frequently the mental eye which is meant in coup d'oeil.

Many teachers of the Art of War then gave this limited signification as the definition of coup d'oeil.

I walked the whole length of the route before the procession moved, and the coup d'oeil was perfect.

It was a very singular coup d'oeil, and a new-comer from Europe would have supposed the assembly to have been a "whittling club."

Nothing can possibly be imagined more unique than its coup-d'oeil, on whatever side the city is viewed.

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