intonaco

[ in-ton-uh-koh, -taw-nuh-; Italian een-taw-nah-kaw ]

noun,plural in·to·na·cos, Italian in·to·na·ci

[een-taw-nah-chee]. /inˈtɔ nɑ tʃi/.

(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.

Origin of intonaco

1800–10; <Italian, noun derivative of intonacare to coat, equivalent to in-in-² + Vulgar Latin *tunicāre, by construal of Latin tunicātus “wearing a tunic” as a ptp; see tunic, -ate¹

Compare arriccio.

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How to use intonaco in a sentence

Two kinds of intonaco are used, one hard and white, the other grey and sandier.
The Shores of the Adriatic | F. Hamilton Jackson

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