secco

See also: seccò

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

secco (not comparable)

(art) dry
Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
(music) dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

Noun

secco (plural seccos)

(art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
- 1987, James Black, Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts (page 289)
  The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for secco in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsek.ko/
Rhymes: -ekko
Hyphenation: séc‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

Adjective

secco (feminine secca, masculine plural secchi, feminine plural secche, diminutive secchìno or secchétto)

dry
Synonym: asciutto
Antonym: bagnato
dried
Synonym: disseccato
thin
Synonyms: magro, snello
Antonym: grasso
sharp
Synonyms: brusco, asciutto
(card games) being the only ones of their suit in a players hand (of cards)
asso secco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
asso e cavallo secchi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

secco m (plural secchi)

dryland
dryness
drought
Synonym: siccità

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

secco

first-person singular present indicative of seccare

Related terms

secca
seccamente
secchezza
seccaggine
seccare
seccume

Anagrams

Cesco, cosce

单词	secco
释义	secco See also: seccò English Etymology Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec. Adjective secco (not comparable) (art) dry Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster. (music) dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance Noun secco (plural seccos) (art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco. 1987, James Black, Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts (page 289) The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […] Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for secco in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913) Italian Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈsek.ko/ Rhymes: -ekko Hyphenation: séc‧co Etymology 1 From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European seyk-. Adjective secco* (feminine secca, masculine plural secchi, feminine plural secche, diminutive secchìno or secchétto) dry Synonym: asciutto Antonym: bagnato dried Synonym: disseccato thin Synonyms: magro, snello Antonym: grasso sharp Synonyms: brusco, asciutto (card games) being the only ones of their suit in a players hand (of cards) asso secco ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) asso e cavallo secchi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Noun secco m (plural secchi) dryland dryness drought Synonym: siccità Etymology 2 See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Verb secco first-person singular present indicative of seccare Related terms secca seccamente secchezza seccaggine seccare seccume Anagrams Cesco, cosce
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