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affresco

affresco is the alternative form of fresco.

Meaning of fresco

Noun

fresco (countable and uncountable, plural frescos or frescoes or (rare, Italianate) freschi)

  1. (countable) 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. (countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
  3. (uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.

See all 4 meanings of fresco

Forms of affresco

pluralaffrescos
pluralaffrescoes

Origin of affresco

Borrowed from Italian affresco.

Questions about affresco

What is affresco the alternative form of?
Affresco is the alternative form of fresco.

Words near affresco in the dictionary

  1. affreighters
  2. affreighting
  3. affreightment
  4. affreightments
  5. affreights
  6. affresco
  7. affrescoes
  8. affrescos
  9. affret
  10. affrets
  11. affrettando

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