arriccio

[ uh-ree-choh; Italian ahr-reet-chaw ]

noun,plural ar·ric·cios, ar·ric·ci

[uh-ree-chee; Italian ahr-reet-chee]. /əˈri tʃi; Italian ɑrˈrit tʃi/.

(formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is done.

Origin of arriccio

¹

<Italian, derivative of arricciare to curl up, make grooves in (a-a-⁵ + -ricciare, verbal derivative of riccio hedgehog <Latin ēricius

Also called brown coat.

Also arricciato.

Compare intonaco.

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