[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


Phrases:

Origin:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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)’