Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: sec-co
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Dry, sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance.

noun

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

noun

Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster."
"The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]"
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: secco
Suffix: o

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

seccos (plural)

Questions

What does secco mean?: Dry.
Where does secco come from?: It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce secco

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