fresco

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noun pl. frescoes or frescos

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

Origin: It, fresh < OHG frisc: see fresh

transitive verb

to paint in fresco

See fresco in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fres·coes or fres·cos
  1. The art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water.
  2. A painting executed in this way.
transitive verb fres·coed, fres·co·ing, fres·coes
To paint in fresco.

Origin:

Origin: Italian, fresh (plaster)

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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Related Forms:

  • fresˈco·er, fresˈco·ist noun

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