Masculine
occhio di mosca
Meaning
- (masculine) a fly's eye
- (dated, masculine, uncountable) pearl (a small size of type, standardized as 5 point)
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Synonyms
Translations
Perl
parisienne
parel
perlaEtymology
See occhio + mosca. Coined as a typographic term by Antonio Farina, who was the first to cut such a size in Italy in 1834.
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