fresco

Noun · Verb
US[fres-koh]/ˈfrɛskoʊ/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)frescoes, frescos

  1. a mural done with watercolors on wet plasterType of mural, wall painting
  2. a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plasterType of painting

Verb (1)frescos, frescoed, frescoing

  1. paint onto wet plaster on a wallMore general paint
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fres′co noun; pl. Frescoes or Frescos (#).

Origin: It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, adjective

1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. rare Matthew Prior

2. Fine arts (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.

al fresco in the open air; out of doors; outdoors; as, to dine al fresco.

Fres′co transitive verb [past tense & past participle Frescoed; present participle & verbal noun Frescoing.]

To paint in fresco, as walls.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Fresco

1.<standard, programming> An object-oriented API for graphical user interfaces, under development by the X Consortium as an open, multi-vendor standard.

2.<language, specification> An object-oriented specification language.

["Refinement in Fresco", in Object Oriented Specification Case Studies, K. Lano et al eds, P-H 1993].

(1996-04-28)

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