secco
secco adjective: dry.
Adjective
secco (not comparable)
Noun (1)
secco (plural seccos)
- 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
- The sad fact is that if they had tried to preserve the secco, and used less invasive cleaners like saliva, they might still be toiling away today. Time isn’t just a painter; time is money.2015 November 28, James Hall, “Condition: The Ageing of Art by Paul Taylor review – fires, floods and conservation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Noun (2)
secco (plural seccos)
- Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
secco meaning in Tamil
secco in Tamil
- சுவரோவியம்
Forms of secco
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Origin of secco
Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
Clipping of section commander + -o.
Questions about secco
- What does secco mean?
- Secco means dry.
- What is secco in Tamil?
- Secco in Tamil is சுவரோவியம். See Secco meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is secco?
- Secco can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near secco in the dictionary
Source and license
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