secco

adj, noun — 4 senses

secco

adj

Etymology Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.

1

Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.

2

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

secco

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.

1

Art, Arts A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.

The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]1987, James Black, Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts, page 289:

secco

noun

Etymology Clipping of section commander + -o.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War Australia Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.

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