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secco

adj

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from secco

Definitions

  1. dry

    • Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.

  2. dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

  3. 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 […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

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

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