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fresco
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[ˈfrɛskəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a painting done rapidly in watercolour on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colours penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries
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Origin
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late 16th century: Italian, literally ‘cool, fresh’. The word was first recorded in English in the phrase in fresco, representing Italian affresco, al fresco ‘on the fresh (plaster)’
[ˈfrɛskəʊ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- paint in fresco
(e.g: four scenes had been frescoed on the wall)
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Origin
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late 16th century: Italian, literally ‘cool, fresh’. The word was first recorded in English in the phrase in fresco, representing Italian affresco, al fresco ‘on the fresh (plaster)’
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