unfrescoed
unfrescoed adjective: not frescoed; not painted with frescos.
Adjective
unfrescoed (not comparable)
- Not frescoed; not painted with frescos.
- This house, like many others at the time of the destruction of the city, was undergoing repairs—one of the sides of the peristylium being left unfrescoed, the other being finished.1886, S. Russell Forbes, Rambles in Naples: An Archaeological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Naples and Its Environs, 3rd edition, London: T....
- It was an old chapel, known to his father and his father's father. The unfrescoed walls still showed faintly the outlines of Popish statuary that had stood against them long ago, and the smoke of many candles had darkened the rafters to match the color of the lowering sky outdoors.1959, Dorothy Norris Foote, The Constant Star, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 58
Origin of unfrescoed
From un- + frescoed.
Questions about unfrescoed
- What does unfrescoed mean?
- Unfrescoed means not frescoed; not painted with frescos.
- What part of speech is unfrescoed?
- Unfrescoed is an adjective.
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