fresco
verbEtymology From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.
1
Ambitransitive To paint using fresco.
- Related terms
- al fresco, giornata
fresco
nounUS /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/ · UK /ˈfɹɛskəʊ/
Etymology From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.
1
A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
- […] I [Satan] cannot ſtay Flaring in ſun-ſhine all the day: For, entre nous, we helliſh ſprites, Love more the freſco of the nights; […]a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “Hans Carvel”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, page 124:
2
An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
3
The technique used to make such an artwork.
- Derived terms
- frescoer, frescoist, frescolike