secco
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
Definition of secco
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)dry
“Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)dry
“Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.”
- (not-comparable)dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
noun
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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 […]”
- (Australia)Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
Words you can make from secco
12 playable · top: COSEC (9 pts)
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6 words2-letter words
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