secco

(sek′kō̂)

adjective

dry

Origin: It < L siccus: see siccative

noun

painting done on dry plaster

See secco in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sec·cos

The art or an example of painting on dry plaster.

adjective
Music

Of or being a kind of recitative in which the words are sung rapidly to minimal accompaniment, usually just continuo.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , from Latin siccus, dry

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