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fresco definition

fresco (fres′kō)

noun pl. frescoes -·coes or frescos -·cos

  1. the art or technique of painting with watercolors on wet plaster
  2. a painting or design so made

Etymology: It, fresh < OHG frisc: see fresh

transitive verb

to paint in fresco

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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