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secco

[ sek-oh; Italian sek-kaw ]

adjective

  1. (of notes or passages in a musical score) played and released abruptly and without resonance.

secco

/ ˈsɛkəʊ /

noun

  1. wall painting done on dried plaster with tempera or pigments ground in limewater Compare fresco
  2. any wall painting other than true fresco
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of secco1

1850–55; < Italian: dry; sack 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of secco1

C19: from Italian: dry, from Latin siccus
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Example Sentences

In reply to your correspondent, I believe sack to be nothing but vino secco, dry wine, probably identical with sherry or madeira.

Unfortunately, he is too much given to sacrifice the transparency and depth of his colour by a lavish use of retouching secco.

"Xualla" is placed to the west of and near the headwaters of the "Secco" or Savannah River.

The recitativo secco was accompanied by the harpsichord, at which the composer himself presided.

In fresco painting no vehicle was used but water; in secco painting a tempera was used composed of white and yolk of egg.

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