frescoed
/fɹˈɛskoʊd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Painted with frescos ("an artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster").
verb
simple past and past participle of fresco
Example Sentences
- "Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in," Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged."
Etymology
Etymology tree English fresco Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English frescoed From fresco + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more frescoed (comparative)
most frescoed (superlative)
Derived Forms
semifrescoed
unfrescoed